《从外语教育到跨文化公民教育--文集与思考》一书的作者Michael Byram(拜拉姆)是英国杜伦大学教育学院终身荣誉教授，也是欧洲理事会语言政策部门的项目顾问。

本书以全新的视角，精辟地论述了跨文化交际能力理论的演变及其与公民教育的关系；清晰地界定了跨文化交际能力的概念及跨文化语者(intercultural speaker)的概念；深入地探讨了语言教育政策的发展路径；详细地比较了外语教育和公民教育的理论和目标。本书书名两次提到教育，核心词是“教育”，两个介词“from…to”的使用给从外语教育到跨文化公民教育提供了新的研究视角。

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1: Foreign Language Education

Purposes

 Foreign Language Education in Context

Defining Foreign Language Education

Foreign Language Education Policies

Evaluation and Planning of Foreign Language Education

Policies for Plurilingual Learners in Multilingual Environments.

 Purposes for Foreign Language Education

The Benefits of Foreign Language Education

Purposes and Policies: Three Cases

Possibilities

 Is Language Learning Possible at School?

The Ambitions of Policy-makers

Defining and Comparing 'Success' .

Expectations at the End of Compulsory Education

Matching Policies with Possibilities

 The Intercultural Speaker: Acting Interculturally or Being

 Bicultural

Being Bicultural

Acting Interculturally

A Comparison of Being Bicultural and Acting Interculturally..

 5 Intercultural Competence and Foreign Language Learning in the Primary School

Context and Content

Learning Foreign Languages and Cultures in Primary Education

Teachers of Language and Culture in Primary Education

Curriculum Planning and Teaching Materials

Conclusion

  Analysis and Advocacy: Researching the Cultural Dimensions of

  Foreign Language Education

Analysis and Advocacy

Analysis of Culture Learning and Language Learning

Advocating Directions for Culture Learning

Perspectives

  Nationalism and Internationalism in Language Education

'Language Educators'.

Foreign Language Educators

Education In and Beyond the Nation State

Socialisation and Social Identity

National and International Identities

Languages and Identities in the Curriculum

  Language Learning in Europe

A Political Aspiration

European Identity as a Social Identity?

Language and Identity

Socialisation

European Identity and Language Learning

  Foreign Language Teaching as Political Action

Education for Teachers of Languages

Education for Teacher Educators?

Part 2: Intercultural Citizenship Education

 10 Language Education, Political Education and Intercultural

  Citizenship

Politische Bildung

Critical Cultural Awareness

Conceptual and Linguistic Relativism

Communication in Transnational Communities

Ethical Dimensions of Education for Intercultural Citizenship.

 11 Education for Intercultural Citizenship

A Framework for Political and Language Education

Education for Intercultural Citizenship

 12 Policies for Intercultural Citizenship Education

Citizens and Their Communities

Education for Citizenship beyond the Nation State: Europe . .

 13 Curricula for Intercultural Citizenship Education

Transnational Political Activity in Education

Levels of 'ActIng Interculturally'.

 14 Assessment and/or Evaluation of Intercultural Competence and

  Intercultural Citizenship

'Assessment' and 'Evaluation' .

Attributing Value

Portfolios and Profiles

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Intercultural Competence

Appendix 2: Sources for Teacher Training for Intercultural Competence

Appendix 3: Framework for Intercultural Citizenship

Appendix 4: Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters

Notes

References