Michael Byram

Michael Stuart Byram (born November 19, 1946 ) is a British linguist and professor emeritus at the University of Durham since 2008 .

Teachers and university teachers

Byram began his career as a German and French teacher at a secondary school and taught English at a community school. In 1980 he was proposed for teacher training at the University of Durham, starting his research on language teaching with language minorities, foreign language teaching and student residence abroad. He has published numerous books and scientific articles.

The ICC model

One of his special achievements is the development of a five-stage model for intercultural competence of language learners. The "Model of Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC)" (1997) is currently widely used in subject didactics.

It defines five so-called "savoirs":

• Savoirs (knowledge)
• Savoir être (attitudes of an intercultural speaker)
• Savoir comprendre (ability to understand another culture )
• Savoir apprendre (ability to acquire new knowledge)
• Savoir s'engager (ability to critically reflect on foreign cultures)

source

• Andreas Müller-Hartmann, Marita Schocker-von Ditfurth: Introduction to English Language Teaching , Klett, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3129396315

Web links

• Durnam University: Prof Mike Byram