The challenge of assessing cultural understanding in the context of foreign language instruction

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-26

  Schulz, Renate A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Department of German Studies ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessing cultural understanding; Intercultural competence; Objectives for teaching culture; Portfolio assessment; Teaching culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147143351     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2007.tb02851.x     Document Type: Review

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