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- Title
LANGUAGE CHOICES IN THE INTERCULTURAL CLASSROOM.
- Authors
LIDDICOAT, ANTHONY J.
- Abstract
Intercultural language learning gives a place to the use of both the target language and the learners' first and/or other language(s). There is a need to develop a balance, however, as each language contributes differently to learning. The purpose of thinking about language use in the classroom is to develop an informed approach to using as much of the learners' language repertoire as is needed to enhance learning. The balance in the use of each language will differ according to the features of individual classrooms, but the use of each language is not random, relating rather to issues such as learning focus, modes of communication, degree of creativity, and participants. Both languages can be used in combination to achieve a range of communicative aims.
- Subjects
FOREIGN language education; CROSS-cultural communication; MULTICULTURAL education; LEARNING; STUDENTS
- Publication
Babel (00053503), 2008, Vol 43, Issue 1, p18
- ISSN
0005-3503
- Publication type
Article