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Publication Date: 2025-Mar
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Conceptualizing Culture Critically: Examining Perspectives from Additional Language Teachers
Marika Kunnas1,2; Mimi Masson3,4; Shawna M. Carroll4,5
Foreign Language Annals, v58 n1 p182-205 2025
This paper presents the findings related to culture from an online survey with French as a second language (FSL) teachers (n = 45) about equity and antioppression in the Ontario FSL curriculum. FSL teachers defined culture and reflected on the link between language and culture and the role of students' cultures in FSL. Framed by an anti-biased, antiracist (ABAR) framework, data were thematically analyzed from an intercultural and ABAR perspective. Results show that FSL teachers have a strong, nuanced, and highly diverse understanding of culture, they all believed that language and culture are interrelated (to varying degrees), and most thought that students' cultures should be integrated into FSL classes to improve students' experiences and language learning. FSL teachers' conceptions of language and culture also revealed a need to develop critical orientations in teacher preparation and learning.
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, French, Equal Education, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Attitudes, Curriculum Design, Cultural Background, Student Characteristics, Course Content, Racism, Social Bias, Cultural Awareness, Teacher Surveys
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Author Affiliations: 1University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; 2York University, North York, Ontario, Canada; 3Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; 4University of Toronto/OISE, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 5School of Education and Childhood Studies, Capilano University, British Columbia, Canada