How do we acquire our first culture? How can we adapt to another? How does experience within a culture affect our perception? Through research and teaching in Asia, Australia, Europe and the United States, this book provides a good read for those wanting an in-depth understanding of the anthropological and psychological processes that can actually open the mythical "door to another culture." Particularly useful for language educators and leaders in intercultural training programs across the globe.

With a Foreword by      Wilga M. Rivers, Harvard University

This book provides scholarly research that cuts through the academic myths and jargon that weaken language programs globally.. If understanding the people of another culture is a main goal of language programs, why is so much time spent of hollow language rather than empathetic, culture-filled dialogue? What are actual student impressions of people from other cultures?  What is the myth of who are the linguistically able? In an educational system devoted to objective learning, what is the role of personal involvement in language learning? These questions illuminate the forest through the trees in language and culture learning.

Sample pertinent articles and chapters by Gail Robinson

Culturally Diverse Speech Styles, in Interactive Language Teaching, Wilga Rivers, Editor, Cambridge University Press.

Second Culture Acquisition with Honorine Nocon, in the Modern Language Journal of America, Vol. 80, iv, 0026-7902/96/431-449

The Magic-Carpet-Ride-to-Another-Culture Syndrome, in ACTFL Journal of the the American Counsel of Foreign Languages.

Should public schools offer second language education, bilingual education and/or multicultural education? Who are the potential learners for each program? What resources are available? This book untangles the issues and provides research-based solutions for decision makers, based on experience within Australia. 

This book replaces traditional dialogues with well-known songs for learning English with adults. Each song is chosen to stimulate the adult learner’s level of intellectual abstraction and emotion, while keeping sentence structure simple. Active practice follows.

Check Out the Featured Book along with the CDs and DVDs for Peaceful Communication: 
Sound of Peace, Color Chants (CD) and Interactive Listening (DVD)