29.3503, FYI: Interculturality in English Language Teaching

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Subject: 29.3503, FYI: Interculturality in English Language Teaching

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Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 21:22:51
From: Mabel Victoria [M.Victoria at napier.ac.uk]
Subject: Interculturality in English Language Teaching

 
The interest in the role that interculturality plays in English language
teaching (ELT) has grown in momentum as English continues to be the favoured
medium of communication for multilinguals around the world. While the
‘cultural’ in ‘interculturality’ has always been part of ELT, the notion of
the ‘inter’ tended to receive less emphasis. This collected volume proposes to
engage with nagging debates in ELT in relation to interculturality. What is
the relationship between language and culture? Are they separable or
inseparable? Can or should English be assigned to a ‘target’ culture,
including pragmatic norms and communication conventions?

Interculturality is a slippery concept and existing notions in the field seem
to depend on researcher interest and disciplinary orientation. As editors we
believe that interculturality is way too important a concept to be too tightly
defined. We therefore wish to attract a diversity of perspectives in the
context of local pedagogies with a global resonance in particular but we are
also open for other relevant intercultural contexts.

Interested scholars are invited to submit a proposal for a chapter that
explores interculturality in ELT. Below are suggested guidelines for the
chapter:
1. Explain interculturality as conceptualized in the chapter. Situate it in
the field by referring to other work carried out in the area. Introduce
relevant frameworks or concepts that help organise thinking around the issue.
2. Illustrate the notion of interculturality with a local example (your own
research or experience) by way of relevant illustrations, extracts from data,
etc.
3. Explain what your example tells us about interculturality in ELT and
relevant intercultural contexts.
4. Make explicit how your local experience is relevant to a wider global
audience.
The volume is intended to be used on teacher education programmes. Thus, your
contribution should have a strong local flavour, be globally relevant, have
something distinctively fresh or original to say and be designed to stimulate
debate.
 
The proposed volume will be submitted to Palgrave Macmillan.

Deadlines:

Abstract of proposed chapter (300 words): 30 September
Notification to authors: 15 October
Submission of full chapter (7000 words): 30 January
Please send your proposal to the editors:
M.Victoria at napier.ac.uk and chittima_san at utcc.ac.th
 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)





 



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