Avoiding Stereotyping and Enhancing Intercultural Understanding

Autor/in	Welsh, Alistair
Titel	Avoiding Stereotyping and Enhancing Intercultural Understanding
Quelle	In: TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 22 (2011) 1, S.34-44 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0215-773X
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Cultural Awareness; Stereotypes; Consciousness Raising; Language Teachers; Cultural Pluralism; Generalization; Teacher Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Klischee; Bewusstseinsbildung; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Kulturpluralismus; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	Anecdotally, language learners often struggle to acquire intercultural understanding. Teaching intercultural understanding presents significant challenges for language teachers. This article offers some insights into language learners' intercultural understanding and strategies to help enhance intercultural understanding that seek to promote analytical and critical thinking. The aim is to build on the principles of the emerging pedagogy of "Intercultural Language Learning" (IcLL). IcLL suggests there is a "third place", where cultures overlap. IcLL acknowledges the importance of identifying with the "other", whilst not denying the "self". Intercultural competence requires sensitivity to difference, an ability to identify with others and to critically reflect on one's own cultural background. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN). Malang, East Java, 65145, Indonesia. TEFLIN Publication Division, Department of English, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Negeri Malang, Jalan Semarang 5, Tel: +62-341-570566; Fax: +62-341-567475; e-mail: journal@teflin.org; Web site: http://journal.teflin.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01