Attending to 'culture' in intercultural language learning
A study of Indonesian language teachers in Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2931897 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katharine Naidu (0000-0003-2863-9095, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 653-665 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01596306.2018.1548430 |
| OpenAlex | W2901953591 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 29 |
In recent decades, the field of language teaching has been increasingly recognised as having an important role in developing not only linguistic proficiency, but also a kind of ‘interculturality’ among students. Despite this ‘intercultural turn’ being evident in academic and policy documents, language teachers are at varying stages in their adaptation to such an approach. This paper draws on empirical data from a small-scale study conducted with teachers of Indonesian in Australian schools, to elucidate teachers’ understandings of their role as ‘intercultural’ educators. In particular, the notion of ‘culture’ is examined, and the ways it is deployed around ideas of ‘intercultural understanding’ and language teaching pedagogy. This paper argues that despite the prevalence of ‘interculturality’ in educational policy, and a prevailing ‘intercultural ethos’ amongst teachers, confusion persists around the foundational idea of ‘culture’, which may affect teaching philosophy and practice
Confusion · Ethos · Indonesian · Intercultural communication · Intercultural learning · Intercultural relations · Interculturality · Language education · Linguistics · Pedagogy · Sociology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology
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Interculturalism
Ethnicity without groups
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Foreign language education and cultural studies
Doing culture, doing race
Evolving ideologies of the intercultural in Australian multicultural and language education policy
Sociology Beyond Societies
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Super-diversity and its implications
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |