Towards Intercultural English Learning/Teaching (IELT): An Intercultural Approach to World Englishes

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Towards Intercultural English Learning/Teaching (IELT): An Intercultural Approach to World Englishes

Modern English Education
Abbr : MEESO
2012, 13(2), pp.81-100
Publisher : The Modern English Education Society
Research Area : Humanities > English Language and Literature > English Language Teaching

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ABSTRACT

This paper seeks to claim that intercultural English learning/teaching (IELT) can contribute significantly to the development of proficiency/competence among all varieties of Englishes in today’s globalized world; thus, IELT needs to be listed as a requirement for English curricula in Korea. For this argument, the paper first addresses the current status of English language as a world Englishes (WEes) and its implication for the language/culture teaching. Then the study discusses what IELT is and it consists of, and how IELT components can be fitted into actual classrooms. At the end, this paper presents one example of classroom activity via a movie to achieve IELT. In turn,teachers of WEes in Korea, especially those from the inner circle countries (as in the Kachruvian term), will benefit by being equipped with the awareness and understanding of the main issues in IELT for his/her classrooms since students'progress towards intercultural competence is under ‘threat’ without the adequate development of teachers' intercultural competence and their active ‘involvement and commitment’ with/to learners.

KEYWORDS

intercultural English learning and teaching, English as world Englishes, intercultural competence

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