Symbolic Annihilation of Social Groups as Hidden Curriculum in Japanese ELT Materials

Autor/in	Brown, Charles Allen
Titel	Symbolic Annihilation of Social Groups as Hidden Curriculum in Japanese ELT Materials
Quelle	In: TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 56 (2022) 2, S.603-628 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Brown, Charles Allen)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0039-8322
DOI	10.1002/tesq.3073
Schlagwörter	Minority Groups; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Instructional Materials; Foreign Countries; Multicultural Education; Global Approach; World Problems; Religion; Social Bias; Stereotypes; Ethnocentrism; Hidden Curriculum; Power Structure; Disadvantaged; Japan; Europe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnische Minderheit; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Ausland; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Globales Denken; Weltproblem; Klischee; Ethnozentrismus; Heimlicher Lehrplan; Europa
Abstract	This study empirically investigated the invisibility, or symbolic annihilation, in Japanese English education of social groups at risk of marginalization. To do so, I assembled a corpus of 3746 English teaching materials selected because they involved world social group representation and because they were disseminated through the JET Program, a Japanese government initiative intended to promote internationalization and interculturalism in schools across Japan. Corpus analysis indicated various forms of symbolic annihilation. Most broadly, the world was portrayed as a dichotomy between Japan and countries of the Kachruvian Inner Circle. Europe was of secondary prominence while other regions were poorly represented. These materials reflected Christonormativity as well with adherents to other religions being symbolically annihilated. The visibility of those other than Anglos and Japanese was likewise highly attenuated. Stereotypes equating ethnicity and nationality were prevalent with Inner Circle dialog characters, for example, rarely having non-Anglo names. Not only did this corpus thus evidence lingering Inner Circle-centrism, but this was a Christonormative, white, Anglo, Inner Circle/Euro-centric imaginary. These results thus evinced a hidden curriculum reinscribing stereotypes and regimes of social power, one working at cross purposes to the stated purpose of the JET Program as promoting internationalization and interculturalism. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01