Intercultural Competence and Parsnip: Voices From Teachers of English in Australia

Dinh, Thuy Ngoc; Siregar, Fenty Lidya

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“…A concise definition of Intercultural Competence (IC) may not be possible given the complexity of the idea and its multidimensional nature. However, research points towards two recurrent themes as fundamental for developing ICself-awareness and identity transformation (Dinh & Siregar, 2021). The complexity of culture and IC poses a challenge for the language classroom because the idea of IC can be defined in various forms in different teaching contexts.…”

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Preparing Learners for a Global Experience: An Analysis of Intercultural Contents in Government School Efl Textbooks in Pakistan

Khan

Memon

Khan

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Purpose of the study: This study aims to build the capacity of a learner as a "global citizen," language teaching needs to focus on building the 5 C's of Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities along with language proficiency. The present study analyzes English language textbook contents taught at the secondary school level in Pakistan's postcolonial and multilingual context. Methodology: Identity and otherization are used as key heuristic tools to analyze the ideological texture of the focal texts and their influence on adolescent learners' emerging identities. Main Findings: Data analysis in the current article shows that texts in the textbook promote strong in-group identities. Exercises and activities for students focus on lexico-syntactical aspects of the texts. The communicative and intercultural skills of the students are not stimulated in the textbook. Applications of this study: This study can be useful for improving English language textbooks, and classrooms need to move beyond traditional language teaching and incorporate active critical thinking and intercultural awareness to suit the needs of the students in the globalized world of our present times. Novelty/Originality of this study: To create a more stable world in this age of interconnectedness, mobility, and globalization, our young generation needs to develop fluid identities open to dialogue with the Other and seek complexity instead of simplification and stereotyping in intercultural encounters.

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Section: Intercultural Competencementioning

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Preparing Learners for a Global Experience: An Analysis of Intercultural Contents in Government School Efl Textbooks in Pakistan

Khan

Memon

Khan

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2024

Studies in Corpus Linguistics

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This book provides a systematic, empirical account of the language typically presented in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) textbooks, based on a large corpus of EFL textbooks used in secondary schools. A modified version of the Multi-Dimensional Analysis (MDA) framework serves to examine linguistic variation both within textbooks and compared to corpora representing ‘real-life’ English as used outside the EFL classroom. The results highlight the characteristics of Textbook English that define it as a distinct variety of English. In light of the study's pedagogical implications, this book proposes a range of corpus-based approaches to improve the naturalness of textbook texts. It also contributes to advancing quantitative corpus linguistics methodology: its detailed online supplements aim for methodological transparency and reproducibility in line with the principles of Open Science. This book will be of interest to linguistics and language education students and researchers, as well as EFL teachers, textbook authors and editors, and those involved in curriculum development and teacher training.

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Intercultural Competence and Parsnip: Voices From Teachers of English in Australia

Cited by 3 publications

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Preparing Learners for a Global Experience: An Analysis of Intercultural Contents in Government School Efl Textbooks in Pakistan

Preparing Learners for a Global Experience: An Analysis of Intercultural Contents in Government School Efl Textbooks in Pakistan

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