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Interculturality and the English Language Classroom Edited by Mabel Victoria · Chittima Sangiamchit Interculturality and the English Language Classroom · Mabel Victoria Chittima Sangiamchit Editors Interculturality and the English Language Classroom Editors MabelVictoria Chittima Sangiamchit The Business School Department of English Edinburgh Napier University University of theThai Chamber of Edinburgh, UK Commerce Bangkok,Thailand ISBN 978-3-030-76756-3 ISBN 978-3-030-76757-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76757-0 ©The Editor(s) (if applicable) andThe Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whetherthewholeorpartofthematerialisconcerned,specificallytherightsoftranslation,reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way,andtransmissionorinformationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publicationdoesnot imply,evenintheabsenceof aspecific statement,thatsuch namesareexempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Thepublisher,theauthorsandtheeditorsaresafetoassumethattheadviceandinformationinthis book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made.The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © Alex Linch shutterstock.com This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland Preface We are both teachers and researchers of English as a foreign language. In the last few years, we have become aware of our students’ growing needs to be able to communicate with people from different linguistic andculturalbackgrounds.Increasedmobilityandhighinterconnectivity have made communication across cultures an important part of their daily lives. Thus, we felt that it is no longer viable to teach English without, at the same time, equipping the learners with the knowledge andskillsthatwillhelpthemnavigateinterculturalencounterseffectively. This challenge has inspired us to put this volume together. Inthiscollection,wehavecollectedenthusiasticvoicesandexperiences ofEnglishlanguageteachersandresearchersfromaroundtheworld.The contributions in this volume have been written for English language teachers by English language teachers and practitioners from Brazil, Czech Republic, Iran, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Poland, Tunisia, Thailand, the United States and the United Kingdom. The chapters reflect a wide diversity of perspectives from local contexts with global relevanceandapplicability.Thereaderswillbeabletocomparetheirown v vi Preface localcontextsandadapt/adoptwhatotherpractitionershavereportedin their chapters. We envisage the collection to be useful in teacher training/education programmes. The strong pedagogical component is reflected in the ‘Engagement Priorities’ and ‘Recommended Texts’ of the core chap- ters. We hope that English teachers and practitioners will find ideas in this volume that will challenge and inspire them to incorporate interculturality in their classrooms and in their research. Edinburgh, UK MabelVictoria Bangkok,Thailand Chittima Sangiamchit Acknowledgements Our sincerest thanks to the people who have been part of this book. We are very grateful to Prof. Fiona Copland and Dr. Sue Garton for drawing our attention to the possibility of publishing a collection on interculturality in ELT. We are very thankful for their valuable feedback in the initial stages of this collection. We would also like to thank Ananda Kumar Mariappan for coordi- nating the production of this volume. His prompt responses to all our queries and active monitoring of each step of the publication process are much appreciated. Our gratitude also goes to Cathy Scott, our Commissioning Editor, for her guidance and support. Our heartfelt thanks go to the contributors of this volume. Despite the gut-wrenching challenges and real fears brought on by the covid- 19 pandemic during the writing, re-writing and review process, they never wavered in their commitment to forge ahead. Besides working on theirownchapters,thecontributorsalsoparticipatedinthe(blind)peer- reviewsystem,givingeachotherhelpfulfeedback.Thismeansthatevery chapterinthiscollectionhasbeenreviewedatleasttwotimesbydifferent vii viii Acknowledgements authors. Our appreciation also goes to Palgrave Macmillan’s reviewers whosevaluableinputenabledustomakeimprovementstothecollection. Finally, we would like to thank our families for their understanding, patience and support throughout the project. To you, we dedicate this work. MabelVictoria Chittima Sangiamchit Contents 1 Introduction: Interculturality and the English Language Classroom 1 MabelVictoria and Chittima Sangiamchit Introduction 1 English LanguageTeaching and Culture 4 Essentialism and Non-essentialism 4 Neo-essentialism 8 Defining Interculturality 10 What theVolume Is About? 14 Structure ofThisVolume 15 References 20 Part I Teacher’s Voices: Exploring Ways to Research Interculturality in ELT 2 A Cultural Studies Approach to Interculturality in ELT 27 Lone Krogsgaard Svarstad Introduction 27 ix x Contents Teacher Perceptions and Practices of Interculturality 29 A Cultural Studies Approach to Interculturality 31 Teacher Education: Module in Intercultural Competence 34 A Cultural Studies Case: An Open Letter on Facebook 35 Principles for Intercultural Language Learning 36 Noticing 37 Comparing 38 Reflecting 39 Interacting 41 Exam Synopsis: A Cultural Studies Approach to Work with Representation and Gender in the EFL Classroom 42 Teaching Interculturality in ELT 46 Implications forTeacher Education 48 Conclusion: A Cultural Studies Approach to Interculturality and Language Learning andTeaching 49 RecommendedTexts 51 Engagement Priorities 51 References 52 3 ELT and Interculturality: Approaching Such a (Dis)Connection Through the Voices of Future BrazilianTeachers of English 55 Sávio Siqueira Introduction 56 The ELT Scenario in Brazil 58 The Culture(s) of a Global Language 61 Interculturality and ELT 63 ELT and Interculturality:TheVoice of BrazilianTeachers 66 Concluding Remarks 75 RecommendedTexts 76 Engagement Priorities 77 References 78
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