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Publication Date: 2022
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The Educational Purpose of Language Teaching at University: Giving Voice to Native Communities
PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, v24 n1 p115-124 Jan-Jun 2022
This paper reports the findings of a case study carried out in an English for specific purposes class with student tour guides at an Argentinean university. The main objective of this research project was to analyse how the teaching practices in the English language classes favoured intercultural exchanges. Data were gathered through document analysis, surveys, and interviews with students and with core-subject professors. Results were analysed qualitatively. We conclude that we must foster a friendly and safe learning environment to give voice to learners from native communities so that they can express their own identities and thus give way to enriching intercultural dialogue.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English for Special Purposes, College Students, Tourism, Guides, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Intercultural Communication, Indigenous Populations
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Argentina
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