Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ505190
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Embracing Conflict versus Achieving Consensus in Foreign Language Education and Response to Claire Kramsch and Reply to Heidi Byrnes and Elizabeth B. Bernhardt.
Kramsch, Claire; And Others
ADFL Bulletin, v26 n3 p6-17 Spr 1995
Overviews differences regarding goals and approaches for foreign language (FL) education and identifies obstacles to consensus. The author situates the different discourse communities interested in FL education, and the contexts providing the "raison d'etre" for these differences. Two responses to this overview and the author's reaction to them are presented. (47 references) (CK)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Faculty, Conflict Resolution, Cultural Context, Dialogs (Language), Educational Objectives, Language Proficiency, Language Research, Language Teachers, Problem Solving, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Sociocultural Patterns, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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