From cultural awareness to intercultural awareness: culture in ELT  

Oleh:

Baker, Will

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: ELT Journal = English Language Teaching Journal (Full Text) vol. 66 no. 1 (Jan. 2012), page 62-70.
Topik: Cultural awareness; ELT; intercultural awareness
Fulltext: 2012.1.62-70.pdf (138.01KB)

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Cultural awareness (CA) has emerged over the last few decades as a signi?cant part of conceptualizing the cultural dimension to language teaching. That is, L2 users need to understand L2 communication as a cultural process and to be aware of their own culturally based communicative behaviour and that of others. However, while CA has provided a vital base of knowledge in relation to the cultural aspects of language use and teaching, it is still rooted in a national conception of culture and language. This is problematic given that English is now used as a global lingua franca. Intercultural awareness (ICA) is presented here as an alternative ‘non-essentialist’ view of culture and language that better accounts for the ?uid and dynamic relationship between them. Key components of ICAare discussed along with their relevance to E LT practices and suggestions as to how they can be translated into classroom pedagogy.

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