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Publication Date: 2021
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A Critical Intercultural Stance from the Margins: EFL Education in a Conflict-Ridden Context
Language and Intercultural Communication, v21 n4 p515-529 2021
This article offers a critical intercultural perspective to English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education inspired by Freire's conceptualisation of dialogue required in contexts where teachers must comply with hegemonic language policies. Drawing on an ethnographic study with Yusef, a Palestinian-Arab EFL teacher in Israel, I examine how intercultural critical dialogue within EFL education is seen from the margins. Analysis of interviews, classroom interactions, and policy documents underscores the political agency of Yusef and his students and their response to imposed linguistic/educational subjectivities. Undertaking a critical intercultural stance enables marginalised communities to deconstruct their invisibility and contest asymmetrical power divisions.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Arabs, Dialogs (Language), Intercultural Communication, Educational Policy, Ethnography, Language Teachers, Classroom Communication, Teacher Attitudes, Political Attitudes, Disadvantaged, Power Structure, Conflict, Critical Theory, Case Studies, Minority Groups, Foreign Countries, Grade 11, High School Students, Student Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 11; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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