Naslov
Interculturalism in Croatian Language Classroom

Autori
Cvikić, Lidija

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Approaches and Methods in Second and Foreign Language Teaching

Urednik/ci
Akbarov, Azamat ; Cook, Vivian

Izdavač
International Burch University Publications (IBU)

Grad
Sarajevo

Godina
2012

Raspon stranica
531-541

ISBN
978-9958-834-07-3

Ključne riječi
interculturalism, language teaching, Croatian language, teacher education

Sažetak
Important goals of a modern language classroom are development of intercultural competence and sensitivity to other cultures. However, the question is whether interculturalism is/ should be a part of a mother language classroom and what are mother language teachers' experiences with interculturalism and intercultural pedagogy. This paper deals with attitudes and believes that teachers of school subject Croatian Language have about interculturalism. Even though Croatia is perceived as a culturally and linguistically homogenous country with 96% of its population speaking Croatian as a L1, the reality is very different. Some regions and communities in Croatia are ethnically and linguistically more diverse than the others and there is a growing number of immigrants in Croatia. This resulted with the fact that Croatian classrooms are not any more monocultural and monolingual, and that interculturalism should not just be is recognized as special value Croatian National Curriculum, but it should also be incorporated in Croatian language classroom. The conducted research shows that Croatian language teachers are aware of the importance of interculturalism, but not prepared to implement it effectively in the classroom.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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