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Bilingual Perspectives on Language Teaching: The View from the Goal
- Author(s):
- Steve McCarty (see profile)
- Date:
- 2023
- Group(s):
- Global & Transnational Studies, Language requirements in higher education
- Subject(s):
- Bilingualism, Language and languages--Study and teaching--Bilingual method, Education, Bilingual, Education, Bilingual--Curricula, Bilingualism--Social aspects, Bilingualism--Psychological aspects, Bilingualism in children, Japanese language, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Language and languages
- Item Type:
- Presentation
- Meeting Title:
- Osaka JALT Back to School 2023 Conference
- Meeting Org.:
- Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)
- Meeting Loc.:
- Osaka Jogakuin University
- Meeting Date:
- April 23, 2023
- Tag(s):
- English as a foreign language learners, english as a second language, Japan, Higher education in Japan, bilingual, Language acquisition, paradigm, multilingualism, multilingual identities, multiculturalism
- Permanent URL:
- https://doi.org/10.17613/zezm-1q47
- Abstract:
- A goal for language learners is to function in plural languages according to their own needs and purposes. A bilingual perspective starts from that attainable goal. Learners in Japan tend to idealize L2 mastery or becoming bilingual, so it becomes other people’s business. Monolingual teachers tell students by their example, “go where I have not gone,” whereas a bilingual teacher says, “come to my state of functioning.” This presentation details a paradigm shift from the predominant monolingual second language acquisition (SLA) paradigm to a developmental bilingual perspective.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 8 months ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial
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