Foreign Language Teaching and Intercultural Citizenship

Autor/in	Byram, Michael
Titel	Foreign Language Teaching and Intercultural Citizenship
Quelle	In: Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 1 (2013) 3, S.53-62 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2322-1291
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Intercultural Communication; Critical Thinking; Self Concept; Educational Objectives; Citizenship Education; Cultural Awareness; Nationalism; Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Kritisches Denken; Selbstkonzept; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Nationalismus; Theory; Theorie
Abstract	In the "cultural turn" which has taken place in recent decades--in theory if not yet in practice--the crucial question is "What should a language teacher's aims be?" This will be the main focus of this paper. There are however other questions which are frequently raised in the new context, questions about the relationships among "language", "identity" and "culture". If language learning influences identity or even creates new identities, should this be one of the aims of teaching? At the same time it is important to place foreign language teaching in the wider context of all language teaching: national languages, heritage languages, and minority languages. I will attempt to take these other factors into account while addressing the main issue of teaching aims. Teachers' aims should be both functional and educational. Language teaching of all kinds--but my main concern will be foreign language teaching as practiced in general education--should develop competence for communication and interaction whilst stimulating critical thinking and action in the world. In order to illustrate this, I will turn to some recent work which realises new theory in practice and combines the aims of language education and education for citizenship in the concept of intercultural citizenship. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Urmia University Press. Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Urmia, 165, Iran; Tel: +98-44-32752741; Fax: +98-44-32752746; e-mail: info@urmia.ac.ir; Web site: http://www.urmia.ac.ir/ijltr
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01