Learning a foreign language in its cultural context has an effect on the subjective mind, ranging from the unsettling to the inspirational. This volume explores the subjective dimension of intercultural language learning, including both theoretical considerations and empirical studies and providing stimulating insights into this important topic.

English is growing rapidly within, and spreading across, an increasing number of societal domains in contemporary Europe. This book brings together contributions on multiple European countries and regions to present a snapshot of the current relationship between multilingualism and English and explores the challenges generated by this situation.

‘Internationalisation’ is a key issue within Higher Education, but what exactly is meant by this term and how can universities meet the challenges involved? This book explores how language teaching and learning strategies and cross-cultural understanding can support the cause of internationalisation within modern Higher Education.

Learning a foreign language facilitates the most intimate access one can get to the culture and society of another language community. The process of learning a foreign language always involves intercultural levels of engagement between the languages and cultures concerned. This series is not limited to the field of applied linguistics but also includes relevant research from linguistic anthropology, language learning pedagogy, translation studies and language philosophy.