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Porto, Melina; Zembylas, Michalinos – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2020
In this article we depart from a conceptualisation of foreign language teaching as intercultural citizenship in schools and universities. We extend this conceptualisation by suggesting that foreign language teaching can and should also sensitise students about issues of human suffering and cultivate empathy, solidarity, hospitality and inclusion.…
Descriptors: Empathy, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Walker, John – TESOL Journal, 2014
Private-sector institutions offering English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) in postcompulsory contexts are distinctive in terms of their dual nature: As businesses, their principal raison d'etre is to turn a profit for their owners and shareholders, but at the same time they are educational institutions that are expected, at least in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Language Teachers