Language & Intercultural Communication
Editor: Dr John Corbett (University of Glasgow)
Associate Editor: Robert Crawshaw (Lancaster University)
Reviews and Criticism Editor: Dr Fiona J. Doloughan (University of Surrey)
Editorial Board: Gavin Jack (University of Stirling)
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Volume: 5 Number: 1 Page: 57–71
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Literary Texts: A Passage to Intercultural Reading in Foreign Language Education
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Ana Gonçalves Matos
Departamento de Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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The conjunction of literature and intercultural competence has been suggested by authors who give the utmost importance to the role of literature in education. The challenge rests on how literature may help the reader reconstruct perceptions of the world by raising awareness of cultural difference and of the inseparability of language-and-culture.
Keywords: cultural awareness, FLT, intercultural, literature
© 2005 A. Gonçalves Matos
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