Susreti kultura u nastavi engleskog kao stranog jezika
Multicultural Encounters In EFL Classrooms

Summary/Abstract: It is because of the rapidly increasing interconnections among all nations, the need for mobility and the urge to be academically competitive in relation to the rest of the world, that multicultural education in all its facets is becoming more important than ever. A new language pedagogy is gaining ground, wherein multicultural awareness along with multilingualism constitute the core of the foreign language (L2) curriculum. Thus, in-service teacher training has a strategic role in preparing Europe's education systems to meet the challenges of change and to equip students to respond effectively to those challenges. The paper will, therefore, explore the requirements of culturally responsive language pedagogy, the foreign language teacher's roles within the new paradigm, the possibilities and benefits of first-hand multicultural experience and ways of instilling multicultural awareness and competence into students, all for the purpose of embracing and appreciating diversity as a means of both academic and personal growth.

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