Critical Cultural Awareness ― Managing Stereotypes Through Intercultural (Language) Education

Stephanie Ann Houghton, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Intercultural Communication at Saga University, Japan. She is author of Intercultural Dialogue in Practice: Managing Value Judgment through Foreign Language Education, and has published numerous other books on intercultural communication. Yumiko Furumura holds a PhD in Social and Cultural Studies from Kyushu University, Japan. Her research interests lie in the development of intercultural communicative competence through English language education. Maria Lebedko, Doctor of Philology, is a Professor of Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia. Her research interests primarily lie in intercultural communication and cognitive linguistics. Song Li, PhD, is a Professor of English at Harbin Institute of Technology, China. Her research interests focus on the interaction between language, culture and (inter)cultural identity in global, multicultural contexts.