Multiculturalism in Turkish Classrooms

Year 2015, Issue: 41, 31 - 44, 01.04.2015

Seçil Horasan Doğan

Abstract

Multilingualism and hence multiculturalism have become pervasive in teaching English as a Foreign Language EFL as English as International Language EIL has been widely acknowledged. Through this globalization, multiculturally-inspired approaches to teaching and learning have been of upmost importance. To shape a better teaching and learning context for those involved in the situation, it is important to gather their perceptions at first. Thus this study aimed to reveal the perceptions of Turkish learners, foreign learners, and the educators of the same context about their own culture, the other’s culture, and the target language culture. Accordingly, questionnaires and interviews were administered and the findings revealed all positive attitudes towards being in a multicultural educational setting

Keywords

Multiculturalism, teaching English, cross-cultural, learning, classrooms

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