Principles and activities for a transcultural approach to additional language learning  

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Brady, Alan ; Shinohara, Yoko

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: SYSTEM: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics (Full Text) vol. 28 no. 2 (Jun. 2000), page 305-322.
Topik: Additional language learning; Transcultural approach
Fulltext: Brady_Alan.pdf (128.06KB)

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A pedagogy geared to transculturation and directed towards individuation of learning needs to be grounded on higher education and additional language learning principles that guide teachers and students away from a focus on technical and intellectual study to a man- agement of teaching and learning appropriate within the overall socio-cultural context of Japan and Asia. The acquisition of communication skills and transcultural awareness needs to be embedded within a whole-person developmental approach to additional language learning. An appropriate pedagogy must help students and teachers claim the right to use the addi- tional language inside and outside the classroom, and gain more control in exercising their rights to own the use of the language. Transculturation is a bridging process that critically involves negotiation of learning outcomes, and the adaptation and integration of socio- cultural identity. The goal of transculturation is individuation which refers to the capability of learners (i.e. students and teachers) to self-actualize their learning, and connect their sub- jectivity and inner-directed world views with exposure and response to others' needs and a more objecti®ed reality. The primary focus of additional language study in a non-English as a second language (ESL) environment should be the construction of a pedagogy and overall learning environment where classroom tasks and activities take account of the primacy of inter-personal and cross-cultural communication that can be extended outside the classroom.

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