scholarly journals Second language learning and socioeconomic development: interrogating anglonormativity from the perspective of pre-service modern language professionals

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Ferney Cruz Arcila ◽  
Vanessa Solano-Cohen ◽  
Ana Cecilia Rincón ◽  
Antonio Lobato Junior ◽  
María Briceño-González
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Modern Language

scholarly journals Enhancing EFL teachers’ intercultural sensitivity through instruction, is it really feasible? An ethnocentrism versus ethnorelativism perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 88-96
Author(s):  
Ali Rahimi ◽  
Ali Soltani ◽  
Marzieh Ghamarnia
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Intercultural Sensitivity ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Language Proficiency Test

It is simplistic to believe that second language learning can be accomplished without proper acquisition of the second language culture. This study aimed at investigating the feasibility of promoting Iranian EFL teachers’ intercultural sensitivity through training. To do so, 35 teachers, who proved to be homogenous, were randomly selected from among 45 teachers after the administration of the general language proficiency test TOEFL. Afterwards, Chen and Starosta’s Intercultural Sensitivity Scale was completed by the participants. They were then required to take the intercultural sensitivity training course for a semester. The same scale was completed by them at the end of the semester. A pre-test and a post-test were also administered. The results of the t-test run indicated a notable enhancement in the level of Iranian EFL teachers’ intercultural sensitivity. The findings could have some important implications for all stakeholders who are open-mindedly inclined to acknowledge the unavoidable, although neglected, role played by culture as the inseparable component of modern language education which can effectively trigger a movement away from ethnocentric stages towards ethno relative stages.   Keywords: EFL, ethnocentrism, ethno relativism, intercultural sensitivity.

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