Raising awareness of multilingualism as lived – in the context of teaching English as a foreign language
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: This article reviews possibilities of raising learners' language and culture awareness or that of multilingualism as subjectively experienced, based on a review of two collections of studies that have made use of arts-based methodologies. This kind of data makes it possible to recollect past experiences, envision future events and reflect on aspects of becoming or being multilingual subjects, including identity (re)construction and beliefs about languages and their use. We argue that the tasks in the studies can be applied to different groups of learners in FL education, offering space for reflection and enhancing agency in specific contexts of multilingualism.
Authors: Paula Kalaja, Anne Pitkänen-Huhta
Institution: University of Jyväskylä
Language: English
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W3040988987