Table of Contents

Contents: Criticality development in unplanned and planned ways – Criticality development at beginners’ level: from practice to theory – Criticality development through targeted instruction – Critical analysis of identities – Relating self and other – Critical evaluation and self-development – Creative criticality or critical creativity? – Criticality in practice: from beginners’ to advanced levels.

About the Author

Stephanie Houghton is an Associate Professor in Intercultural Communication at Saga University, Japan. She holds a PhD in Education from the University of Durham, UK. Seeking ways of overcoming prejudice, her research activities focus on intergroup relations, self and identity in foreign language education and the development of intercultural communicative competence.
Etsuko Yamada is a Lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies in Japan, where she teaches Japanese as a foreign language (JFL). Previously, she taught JFL in Germany and the UK. She holds a PhD in Education from the University of Durham, UK. Her research interests lie mainly in the areas of criticality and critical thinking within language education.