ERIC Number: EJ963454
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 9
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Language Teaching and Intercultural Education: Making Critical Connections
Chamberlin-Quinlisk, Carla; Senyshyn, Roxanna M.
Intercultural Education, v23 n1 p15-23 2012
This essay explores some of the areas in which language teaching and intercultural education overlap. We position language teaching as embedded within sociocultural practices and shaped by attitudes toward bilingualism and native vs. nonnative speaker status. Specifically, we question language practices that exclude or downplay the benefits of developing students' heritage languages while learning additional languages, and we offer and challenge narrow perceptions of language ownership and native speaker identity. We urge teachers of languages and culture to conceptualize their work as deeply connected to social, economic, cultural, and political activities. (Contains 1 note.)
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Sociocultural Patterns, Bilingualism, Self Concept, Language Teachers, Language Variation, Language Role, Transfer of Training
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Language: English
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