Cross-cultural perspective of FL teaching and learning in the Polish context
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2012
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Zakład Filologii Angielskiej Wydział Pedagogiczno-Artystyczny Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Kaliszu
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This study examines whether learners’ capacity to use a foreign language (FL)
successfully in the global world is developed in the FL classroom in Polish high
schools. The article reports results of the quantitative research which aimed at
assessing whether and to what extent homogeneous FL classes in Poland are
conducive to developing learners’ intercultural (IC) sensitivity and competence.
The results obtained from the two study samples, namely learners and teachers,
are contradictory: In the students’ opinion, IC teaching/learning plays a marginal
role, whereas the teacher respondents claim they practice IC teaching moderately.
Thus, to be able to get a broader picture of IC teaching/learning in Poland
the current research should be complemented by a separate qualitative study,
that is, lesson observations and interviews with teachers and students. Only
then could more valid conclusions be drawn.
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intercultural teaching and learning, developing intercultural competence
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Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2012, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 527-541.