Beyond Teaching Languages for Communication—Humanistic Perspectives and Practices

• Published in: Languages (Basel) Vol. 8; no. 3; p. 166
• Main Authors: Byram, Michael, Porto, Melina, Yulita, Leticia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2023
• Subjects: affective pedagogy; Analysis; Citizenship; Classrooms; Communication; Community; controversial issues; COVID-19; Curricula; Education; Education, Humanistic; Foreign language learning; Human rights; Humanism; intercultural citizenship; Intercultural communication; Language; Language teachers; Linguistics; Pandemics; Pedagogy; Second language instruction; Second languages; Students; Study and teaching; Teachers; Teaching; Transnationalism; Violations; world/foreign language teaching; United Kingdom; Argentina; Qatar; Germany

Our purpose is to trace and explain theoretical and practical developments in foreign/world language teaching over the last decade or more. Language teaching in its modern form, from the Reform Movement of the late 19th century, has focused upon the need for learners to learn or acquire a foreign la...