Language & Education Network Research Seminar - Mike Byram: Ethical Issues in Teaching Intercultural Citizenship in Foreign Language Education
Regular network meeting for staff and students (all welcome)
| A School of Education research event | |
|---|---|
| Date | 25 January 2021 |
| Time | 17:00 to 18:30 |
| Place | ZOOM |
| Provider | School of Education |
| Intended audience | Academic staff and students |
| Registration information | Contact event organiser for Zoom meeting link |
| Organizer | Phil Durrant |
Event details
Ethical Issues in Teaching Intercultural Citizenship in Foreign Language Education
Building on the idea that language teaching has an educational as well as instrumental purpose, and that language teaching can/should help learners to relate their learning to the here and now and the society in which they live, a number of projects in recent years have put into practice the notion of ‘intercultural citizenship’. This raises ethical questions for teachers, since they encourage/expect their learners to take ‘action in the community’. It is these questions which will be the focus of my talk: what they are and how they might be addressed.
Speaker: Mike Byram (University of Durham & Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski)
