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Back to the future: foreign language teaching and learning as critical practice

De regresso ao futuro: o ensino e a aprendizagem de línguas estrangeiras como prática crítica

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Teresa Tavares

This chapter focuses on models of foreign language teaching, and particularly on the conceptions of language and education underlying them. The title I chose, “Back to the Future,” is ironic and at the same time optimistic. Revisiting the history of the English language teacher-training program at the University of Coimbra between 1987 and 2009, I will show how the “radicalness” of the past seems finally to be turning into the mainstream of the present, at least in what concerns English language teaching in Portugal. By giving emphasis to “intercultural education” and “the competences of active citizenship,” the general goals of the national curriculum for English as a foreign language point to a shift away from the functionalist-communicative approaches dominant in the field before, indicating the adoption, at least in theory, of a more critical perspective in language teaching. In the last part of the chapter, I will present some examples of activities and materials used in 7th, 8th and 9th grade classes, which exemplify methods and practices of teaching and learning foreign languages that can promote a critical awareness of the world we live in.

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ISBN: 978-989-26-1700-8
eISBN: 978-989-26-1701-5
DOI: 10.14195/978-989-26-1701-5_6
Área: Artes e Humanidades
Páginas: 141-159
Data: 2019

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