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Skills of interpreting and relating (savoir comprendre) (a) identify ethnocentric perspectives
part of evidence from assessment of savoirs [above]
(b) identify ditto misunderstanding and dysfunction (c) mediate between interpretations
test and/or continuous assessment as for assessment of saviors ditto
part of assessment of interaction (see below)
Skills of discovery and interaction (savoir apprendre/faire) (a) questioning a native speaker
use of interviewing techniques
test simulation
(b) identify significant reference
ditto
portfolio
(c) use sources to understand relationships
use of reference books, etc. to illuminate specific documents
test and/or coursework
(d) agree conventions
retrospective analysis and documentation by self and others
portfolio
(e) respond to distance/ proximity of other culture
ditto
ditto
(f) institutions for contacts ditto
ditto
(g) mediate between interlocutors
ditto
ditto
(a) identify values
part of evidence from assessment of savoirs and savoir comprendre (see above)
(see savoirs and savoir comprendre, above)
(b) evaluate by criteria
ditto
ditto
(c) interact and mediate
part of evidence of savoir faire (see above)
(see savoir faire, above)
Critical cultural awareness (savoir s’engager)
Source: Byram, M. (1997b) Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, pp. 95–103.