TY - JOUR
T1 - Language teaching and intercultural education
T2 - Making critical connections
AU - Chamberlin-Quinlisk, Carla
AU - Senyshyn, Roxanna M.
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1080/14675986.2012.664750
DO - 10.1080/14675986.2012.664750
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84860330861
SN - 1467-5986
VL - 23
SP - 15
EP - 23
JO - Intercultural Education
JF - Intercultural Education
IS - 1
ER -