Michael Byram studied French, German and Danish at King’s College Cambridge, and wrote a PhD on Danish literature. He then taught French and German at secondary school level and in adult education in an English comprehensive community school. Since being appointed to a post in teacher education at the University of Durham in 1980, he has carried out research into the education of linguistic minorities, foreign language education and student residence abroad.
He has published many books and articles including, most recently, Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence; Language Teachers, Politics and Cultures (with Karen Risager); Intercultural Experience and Education (edited with G. Alred and M. Fleming); and is the editor of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning.
He is a Programme Adviser to the Council of Europe Language Policy Division, and is currently interested in language education policy and the politics of language teaching.
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