Reason: 35
Language teaching has a crucial role to play in ensuring that communication in the emerging world community is fully multilingual and multicultural
Reference:
Kelly, M. ‘Towards an intercultural practice of language teaching’ in Kelly et al. (eds) (2001) Third Level, Third Space: Intercultural Communication and Language in European Higher Education’ (Bern: Peter Lang), pp. 121-130
Related Keywords:
Globalisation, Intercultural competence, Multilingualism, Teaching
Reason: 47
Racism is precisely what language teaching in a democratic European context is trying to forestall
Reference:
Starkey, H. (1999) ‘Foreign language teaching to adults: implicit and explicit political education’ in Oxford Review of Education, Volume 25, Nos 1 & 2, pp. 155-169
Related Keywords:
Democracy, Teaching, Values
Reason: 51
Learners’ heightened awareness, not only of other languages, cultures and peoples but also of themselves as cultural beings is a major contribution of language teaching to their education
Reference:
Byram, M. (1997) "Cultural awareness" as vocabulary learning’ in the Language Learning Journal, No. 16, pp. 51-57
Related Keywords:
Education Studies, Intercultural competence, Teaching
Reason: 53
Language teachers have a clear role in counterbalancing the human tendency to exaggerate and generalise differences
Reference:
Pachler, N. (2000) ‘Review Article’ in the Language Learning Journal, No. 22, pp. 70-74
Related Keywords:
Teaching, Values
Reason: 55
Many of the strategies suggested by psychologists as influential in inducing attitude change are already present in the canon of language teaching methodology
Reference:
Morgan, C. (1993) ‘Attitude change and foreign language culture learning’ in Language Teaching, 26 (2), pp. 63-75
Related Keywords:
Teaching, Values
Reason: 57
The intercultural dimension in language teaching aims to develop learners as intercultural speakers or mediators who are able to engage with complexity and multiple identities and to avoid the stereotyping which accompanies perceiving someone through a single identity
Reference:
Byram, M., Gribkova, B., Starkey, H. (2002) Developing the Intercultural Dimension in Language Teaching: A Practical Introduction for Teachers (Strasbourg: Council of Europe)
Related Keywords:
Communication, Identity, Intercultural competence, Teaching, Values
Reason: 70
The contribution of language teaching to the culture of peace is not limited-far from it- to the building up of linguistic skills enabling individuals to communicate beyond the borders of their own country. There are many ways that langage teaching can make a contribution, but perhaps first and foremost, is the fact that it can make learners aware of the relative vision of the world inherent in their own language and society
Reference:
Candelier, M., MacDonald-Smith, F., Reig-Garganta, D. The contribution of modern language teaching to peace (Graz: European Centre for Modern Languages, Workshop Report, 30 September-3 October 1998)
Related Keywords:
Communication, Intercultural competence, International relations, Language learning skills, Teaching, Values
Reason: 71
Because it tries to foster positive attitudes to all that is different, language awareness is an integral part of the contribution of language teaching to peace
Reference:
Candelier, M., MacDonald-Smith, F., Reig-Garganta, D. The contribution of modern language teaching to peace (Graz: European Centre for Modern Languages, Workshop Report, 30 September-3 October 1998)
Related Keywords:
Language awareness, Teaching, Values
Reason: 107
Learning other languages gives you the chance to teach English in other countries
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Careers, Employability, English Mother Tongue, Mobility, Teaching
Reason: 132
Citizenship education calls for the teaching of values, understanding and skills as well as knowledge about life in other communities to help pupils develop a respect for cultural diversity. Language teachers have particular experiences to draw on (many will have spent a year abroad) which give them a vital role to play in the teaching of citizenship in schools. Language teachers have much more personal experiences of the issues that lie at the heart of citizenship education
Reference:
Brown, K., Brown, M. (2003) ‘Introduction - opening the debate on citizenship and modern foreign languages in Brown, K., Brown, M. (eds) Reflections on Citizenship in a Multilingual World (London: CILT), pp. 1-14
Related Keywords:
Citizenship, Diversity, Secondary sector, Teaching, Understanding, Values
Reason: 136
The pedagogy associated with language learning provides a further contribution of languages to citizenship. Communicative methodology is itself democratic. Skills developed in language classes are thus directly transferable to citizenship education, i.e. discussing in pairs, expressing opinion, working with others, taking part in public discourse
Reference:
Starkey, H., Osler, A. (2003) ‘Language teaching for cosmopolitan citizenship’ in Brown, K., Brown, M. (eds) Reflections on Citizenship in a Multilingual World (London: CILT), pp. 25-35
Related Keywords:
Citizenship, Communication, Democracy, Key skills, Teaching, Teamwork
Reason: 137
The pedagogy of Communicative Language Teaching is based on the democratic principles of freedom of expression and equal opportunities for participation
Reference:
Starkey, H., Osler, A. (2003) ‘Language teaching for cosmopolitan citizenship’ in Brown, K., Brown, M. (eds) Reflections on Citizenship in a Multilingual World (London: CILT), pp. 25-35
Related Keywords:
Communication, Democracy, Equality (equal opportunities), Teaching, Values
Reason: 231
The responsibility of providing opportunities for real contacts with people of a different country and culture is one of the factors which makes language teaching different
Reference:
Byram, M., Risager, K. (2002) 'Stereotypes, prejudice and tolerance' in Swarbrick, A. (ed) Teaching Modern Foreign Languages in Secondary Schools (London: Routledge Falmer, The Open University), pp. 81-94
Related Keywords:
Culture, Networking, Teaching, Uniqueness
Reason: 233
Language teaching is a vehicle for transmitting such knowledge and understanding of human rights and a policy instrument for promoting intercultural understanding in a spirit of human rights
Reference:
Starkey, H. (2002) 'Citizenship, human rights and intercultural education' in Swarbrick, A. (ed) Teaching Modern Foreign Languages in Secondary Schools (London: Routledge Falmer, The Open University), pp. 95-111
Related Keywords:
Equality (equal opportunities), Intercultural competence, Teaching, Values
Reason: 408
Languages departments have for long made an important contribution to the intercultural ethos of schools, not only through language teaching but also through school visits abroad and reciprocal school exchanges. The foreign language assistant has been a cultural ambassador valued by many staff beyond those who teach languages
Reference:
Scottish Executive, Ministerial Action Group on Languages (2000) Citizens of a Multilingual World: Key Issues (www.scotland.gov.uk-library3-education-mwki-07.asp)
Related Keywords:
Experiential learning, Intercultural competence, Secondary sector, Study abroad, Teaching, Values
Reason: 525
If you want to be a teacher in a primary school, you may be able to teach a bit of another language
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Careers, Employability, Teaching
Reason: 549
Language learning builds skills that cannot be taught any other way
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Key skills, Teaching, Uniqueness
Reason: 614
Learning a language could enable you to teach it
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Careers, Employability, Teaching
Reason: 721
The teaching and learning of community languages in a context close to home promotes community cohesion
Reference:
Higher Education Advisory Panel
Related Keywords:
Social cohesion, Teaching, UK Community Languages
Reason: 722
The intercultural understanding promoted by language teaching and learning encourages better relationships between different communities in this country
Reference:
Higher Education Advisory Panel
Related Keywords:
Intercultural competence, Networking, Social cohesion, Teaching, UK

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