Black Lives Matter in an EFL speaking class

IF 3.1 2区 文学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Elt Journal Pub Date : 2022-12-14 DOI:10.1093/elt/ccac048
Eser Ordem
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Abstract

Critical pedagogy in ELT mainly aims to encourage learners to address current sociopolitical issues and speak up for change. Thus, encountering a real-world issue might aid in deconstructing a given order of discourse found in the textbooks and gaining a more realistic perspective. This reflective study was conducted at a Turkish university and is based on a participatory approach in which the teacher-researcher and sixteen learners collaborated to develop a mini-syllabus to discuss the American racial movement Black Lives Matter (BLM). Five themes (historical background, activism, current events, media, and online platform) regarding BLM were identified to encourage meaningful action as well as develop oral skills. The outcomes show that the learners voiced their ideas freely in a democratic setting and worked to extract specific lexical phrases. This study brings the topic of BLM into Turkish EFL learners’ setting and invites EFL learners to create meaningful action.
英语课堂上黑人的生命很重要
英语教学中的批判性教学法主要旨在鼓励学习者解决当前的社会政治问题,并为变革发声。因此,遇到现实世界的问题可能有助于解构教科书中给定的话语顺序,并获得更现实的视角。这项反思性研究是在土耳其一所大学进行的,基于参与式方法,教师研究员和16名学生合作制定了一个小型教学大纲,讨论美国种族运动“黑人的命也是命”(BLM)。确定了关于土地管理局的五个主题(历史背景、激进主义、时事、媒体和在线平台),以鼓励采取有意义的行动并发展口语技能。结果表明,学习者在民主环境中自由表达自己的想法,并努力提取特定的词汇短语。本研究将BLM主题引入土耳其英语学习者的环境中,并邀请英语学习者创造有意义的行动。
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Elt Journal
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期刊介绍: ELT Journal is a quarterly publication for all those involved in the field of teaching English as a second or foreign language. The journal links the everyday concerns of practitioners with insights gained from related academic disciplines such as applied linguistics, education, psychology, and sociology. ELT Journal provides a medium for informed discussion of the principles and practice which determine the ways in which the English language is taught and learnt around the world. It is also a forum for the exchange of information among members of the profession worldwide.
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