Accommodating Taboo Language in English Language Teaching: Issues of Appropriacy and Authenticity

Autor/inn/en	Liyanage, Indika; Walker, Tony; Bartlett, Brendan; Guo, Xuhong
Titel	Accommodating Taboo Language in English Language Teaching: Issues of Appropriacy and Authenticity
Quelle	In: Language, Culture and Curriculum, 28 (2015) 2, S.113-125 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0790-8318
DOI	10.1080/07908318.2015.1031675
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Language Usage; Second Language Instruction; Role; Learning Experience; Language Teachers; Experienced Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Classroom Techniques; Foreign Countries; Sociolinguistics; Cultural Awareness; Interviews; Classroom Environment; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachgebrauch; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Rollen; Lernerfahrung; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Lehrerverhalten; Klassenführung; Ausland; Soziolinguistik; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Australien
Abstract	Culturally specific language practices related to vernacular uses of taboo language such as swearing represent a socially communicative minefield for learners of English. The role of classroom learning experiences to prepare learners for negotiation of taboo language use in social interactions is correspondingly complicated and ignored in much of the language teaching research literature. English language teachers confront not only obstacles to effective development of sociolinguistic and cultural knowledge in classroom instruction, and failure of course-books to address taboo language, but also uncertainties they themselves have about addressing such obstacles and omissions. In this paper, we draw on interview data from three experienced teachers of English as an additional language, to explore their perceptions and classroom practices in relation to taboo language. In particular, we explore the situational appropriateness of mild taboo swearing using the lexical item, "bloody," which has a strong positioning in Australian language culture. Dilemmas surrounding this potentially troublesome item of Australian English are foregrounded in relation to the extent to which often neglected, but widely used taboo language is actually "taboo" in the classroom. (As Provided).
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