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Course description and objectives

This course examines a wide range of theoretical and pedagogical perspectives on the complex relationship between language and culture, and its implications for second language studies. The readings and class discussions are designed to offer both macro and micro perspectives on the construct of culture and its influence on how people use language in written, pictorial, electronic and spoken discourses. Additionally, the course materials will provide a localized and decolonial understanding of different models of language and culture teaching in the field of TESOL and Applied Linguistics. Examining the theoretical and pedagogical issues on English language teaching is not a neutral act in the context of cultural globalization and translingualism. It entails thinking reflexively, analytically and critically about various schools of thoughts on the nature of language and culture teaching while reflecting on the issues of power and inequality. Issues related to language and culture will be examined with your active participation and interpretation of critical approaches in TESOL. The projects in this class will both invite you to examine a myriad of cross-cultural issues in language teaching and encourage you to become transformative language educators who could offer culturally and linguistically sensitive responses to local TESOL issues.

Course Objectives:

With the above rationale in mind, this course aims to:

1.     raise pre-service teachers’ understanding of theories of language and culture while enhancing their awareness on the non-essentialist approaches to culture.

2.     reflect on personalized cultural beliefs and values and analyze how they shape second language classroom pedagogies.

3.     develop a culturally sensitive vision of TESOL which de-centralized and de-colonize knowledge and English language teaching.

4.     examine macro issues such as language ideologies, multilingualism, language policies and planning.

5.     examine micro issues such as classroom interactions, participation patterns and cross-cultural issues in curriculum and material development.

6.     develop awareness on the educational research that focuses on language, culture and identity.

7.     obtain an understanding on issues such as cultural assimilation, cultural globalization, otherization and how these apply to language learning and teaching.

8.     understand the intersection of race, class, gender and ethnicity in the global context.

9.     analyze and critically evaluate ideas, arguments, and interpretations, and engage in scholarly dialogues about different theories of language and culture.