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- Title
The Road to Understanding Intercultural Sensitivity in English Language Teaching (ELT) Pre-existing Frames for Intercultural Sensitivity.
- Authors
Etri, Walead
- Abstract
This study explored intercultural sensitivity in a natural English teaching environment in a Saudi Arabian university. A total of nineteen expatriate teachers took part in this case study. Descriptive qualitative data were generated through focus group discussions, interviews, observations and diary entries. Secondary data as well as anecdotal data were also used to describe the context of the study. The data showed that the context plays a major part in shaping the contextual frame of teaching and that all teachers bring to their work pre-existing biographical frames of reference for intercultural sensitivity. When these two relatively static frames converge in the ELT context, they essentially create a circumstance of discordance.
- Subjects
SAUDI Arabia; CULTURAL relations; ENGLISH language education for foreign speakers in universities &; colleges; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges
- Publication
Arab World English Journal, 2015, Vol 6, Issue 1, p169
- ISSN
2229-9327
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24093/awej/vol6no1.14