Enseigner la culture de l’autre: la tentation culturaliste
The Didactics of culture and interculturality often follows a solid approach, ignoring the fundamental diversity of each culture. Lecturers are confronted with a dilemma: How to teach the ‘culture’ of the Other without falling into the trap of stereotyping? This contribution analyses the discourse o...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Université Abderrahmane Mira – Bejaia
2014
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Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37473/1/Enseigner%20la%20culture%20de%20l%E2%80%99autre%20la%20tentation%20culturaliste.pdf |
Summary: | The Didactics of culture and interculturality often follows a solid approach, ignoring the fundamental diversity of each culture. Lecturers are confronted with a dilemma: How to teach the ‘culture’ of the Other without falling into the trap of stereotyping? This contribution analyses the discourse of French lecturers in Malaysia, a multicultural and multilingual country, and questions their theoretical framework of culture. It appears that more teaching material which takes into account agreater sense of diversity is needed for the classroom. |
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