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This article describes the trajectories of collaboration experienced by three individuals in three different roles (informant, research assistant, and supervisor) in two research projects about English as a foreign language reading in a higher education context in Argentina. Data come from reflection logs and retrospective narratives written by them from 2009 to 2016 which were analyzed using content analysis, focusing on a continuum of collaboration. The article aligns with the critique of the discourse of “newer researcher” as a linear developmental trajectory as it illustrates the participants’ fluid, critical, complex, and personally relevant pathways. Placed within the debate regarding the affordances, complexities and challenges of the measured university, this research contributes perspectives from a peripheral setting generally underrepresented in the literature.

This article describes the trajectories of collaboration experienced by three individuals in three different roles (informant, research assistant, and supervisor) in two research projects about English as a foreign language reading in a higher education context in Argentina. Data come from reflection logs and retrospective narratives written by them from 2009 to 2016 which were analyzed using content analysis, focusing on a continuum of collaboration. The article aligns with the critique of the discourse of “newer researcher” as a linear developmental trajectory as it illustrates the participants’ fluid, critical, complex, and personally relevant pathways. Placed within the debate regarding the affordances, complexities and challenges of the measured university, this research contributes perspectives from a peripheral setting generally underrepresented in the literature.

This article is about some studies related to the spread and teaching of English as an International Language from a critical perspective. It starts pointing out how several researchers have presented the spread of the English language in the world and its relation to the globalization process. Then, it shows in detail some empirical studies that have been developed in the world referred to the topic. It offers a historical perspective framed by the works of some academicians interested in studying the phenomenon of the spread and globalization of English from a critical view. In particular, it informs about four types of empirical studies: a) studies related to the linguistic imperialism generated by the spread of English, its use and teaching, b) studies related to the ideas of the native speakerism, c) studies related to the thinking and perspectives of the English teachers, and d) studies related to the knowledge and connection of the English teachers with the critical pedagogy to the teaching of English as an International Language., Cet article rapporte de recherches sur l’expansion et l’enseignement de l’anglais comme langue internationale sous une vision critique. Tout d’abord, on présente les travaux de plusieurs experts sur le phénomène de l’expansion de l’anglais au niveau international par rapport au phénomène de la mondialisation. Ensuite, on montre en détail quelques études empiriques réalisées dans le monde entier sur le sujet central. En particulier, on rend compte de quatre types d’études empiriques: a. études liées à l’impérialisme linguistique dans le contexte de l’expansion de l’anglais, l’utilisation et l’enseignement, b. études par rapport à la notion de ‘native speakerism’, c. les études sur la réflexion et les perspectives des enseignants de l’anglais comme langue internationale, et d. les études de la connaissance des professeurs d’anglais sur la pédagogie critique au moment d’enseigner l’anglais comme langue internationale., Este artículo da cuenta de algunos estudios de investigación en el área del inglés como idioma internacional, su expansión y enseñanza desde un punto de vista crítico. Inicia señalando cómo ha sido abordado por varios investigadores el fenómeno de la expansión del inglés a nivel internacional y su relación con el fenómeno de la globalización. Luego muestra de forma detallada algunos estudios empíricos que se han hecho a nivel mundial con relación al tema. Ofrece una perspectiva histórica enmarcada por los trabajos de los académicos que se interesaron en estudiar el fenómeno de la expansión y globalización del inglés desde un punto de vista crítico. En particular, informa sobre cuatro tipos de estudios empíricos: a. estudios relacionados con el imperialismo lingüístico generado por la expansión del inglés, su uso y enseñanza, b. estudios relacionados con las ideas del ‘native speakerism’, c. estudios relacionados con el pensamiento y perspectivas de los profesores de inglés como idioma internacional, y d. estudios relacionados con el conocimiento y vinculación de los profesores de inglés con la pedagogía crítica para la enseñanza del inglés como idioma internacional.

In this article we argue that the aims and objectives of foreign language teaching can and should be combined with those of education for citizenship. We call this intercultural citizenship, which others refer to as world, global or cosmopolitan citizenship. We begin by explaining the purposes of foreign language teaching and then introduce the notion of criticality in education systems. We also analyse the notion of education for citizenship and focus upon its potential for encouraging learners to identify with groups of people taking action beyond the limits of the state and its boundaries. Finally, we illustrate intercultural citizenship in practice.

In this article we argue that the aims and objectives of foreign language teaching can and should be combined with those of education for citizenship. We call this intercultural citizenship, which others refer to as world, global or cosmopolitan citizenship. We begin by explaining the purposes of foreign language teaching and then introduce the notion of criticality in education systems. We also analyse the notion of education for citizenship and focus upon its potential for encouraging learners to identify with groups of people taking action beyond the limits of the state and its boundaries. Finally, we illustrate intercultural citizenship in practice.

In this article we argue that the aims and objectives of foreign language teaching can and should be combined with those of education for citizenship. We call this intercultural citizenship, which others refer to as world, global or cosmopolitan citizenship. We begin by explaining the purposes of foreign language teaching and then introduce the notion of criticality in education systems. We also analyse the notion of education for citizenship and focus upon its potential for encouraging learners to identify with groups of people taking action beyond the limits of the state and its boundaries. Finally, we illustrate intercultural citizenship in practice.

This article reports an interview with Michael Byram, Professor Emeritus, University of Durham in the United Kingdom, during his visit to Argentina in September 2011. Michael Byram is one of the main international referents in intercultural education. The interview addresses issues such as language education, intercultural and citizenship education, education in general, formal schooling, critical pedagogies, political and economic factors involved in education, teacher education and research in education, among others. Even though Byram specializes in foreign language education and focuses upon language education in particular at certain moments in the interview, the connection with other subjects in the school curriculum surfaces at all times, as does the connection with general aspects of education, which are relevant to all the actors involved in this field. This interview is framed within current understandings of the cultural dimension of language education and education in general. In order to introduce the reader to this framework, the article first addresses the connection between language and culture in a historical perspective, which makes Byram’s work relevant to all educators (not only language educators). It goes on to provide an outline of Byram’s model of intercultural competence for the description of cultural understanding. Topics of general interest emerge such as the role of emotion, affect and imagination in education as well as the interconnection among culture, language, imagination and literature – something that Byram and his colleagues have put forth. The discussion is permeated by identity issues which are involved in the learning and teaching of any language, and in the learning and teaching, in a given language, of any discipline. The centrality of language in education becomes manifest, and consequently the relevance of Byram’s work to all the actors involved in education in one way or another. Throughout the political and ideological d

This article reports an interview with Michael Byram, Professor Emeritus, University of Durham in the United Kingdom, during his visit to Argentina in September 2011. Michael Byram is one of the main international referents in intercultural education. The interview addresses issues such as language education, intercultural and citizenship education, education in general, formal schooling, critical pedagogies, political and economic factors involved in education, teacher education and research in education, among others. Even though Byram specializes in foreign language education and focuses upon language education in particular at certain moments in the interview, the connection with other subjects in the school curriculum surfaces at all times, as does the connection with general aspects of education, which are relevant to all the actors involved in this field. This interview is framed within current understandings of the cultural dimension of language education and education in general. In order to introduce the reader to this framework, the article first addresses the connection between language and culture in a historical perspective, which makes Byram’s work relevant to all educators (not only language educators). It goes on to provide an outline of Byram’s model of intercultural competence for the description of cultural understanding. Topics of general interest emerge such as the role of emotion, affect and imagination in education as well as the interconnection among culture, language, imagination and literature – something that Byram and his colleagues have put forth. The discussion is permeated by identity issues which are involved in the learning and teaching of any language, and in the learning and teaching, in a given language, of any discipline. The centrality of language in education becomes manifest, and consequently the relevance of Byram’s work to all the actors involved in education in one way or another. Throughout the political and ideological d

This article reports an interview with Michael Byram, Professor Emeritus, University of Durham in the United Kingdom, during his visit to Argentina in September 2011. Michael Byram is one of the main international referents in intercultural education. The interview addresses issues such as language education, intercultural and citizenship education, education in general, formal schooling, critical pedagogies, political and economic factors involved in education, teacher education and research in education, among others. Even though Byram specializes in foreign language education and focuses upon language education in particular at certain moments in the interview, the connection with other subjects in the school curriculum surfaces at all times, as does the connection with general aspects of education, which are relevant to all the actors involved in this field. This interview is framed within current understandings of the cultural dimension of language education and education in general. In order to introduce the reader to this framework, the article first addresses the connection between language and culture in a historical perspective, which makes Byram’s work relevant to all educators (not only language educators). It goes on to provide an outline of Byram’s model of intercultural competence for the description of cultural understanding. Topics of general interest emerge such as the role of emotion, affect and imagination in education as well as the interconnection among culture, language, imagination and literature – something that Byram and his colleagues have put forth. The discussion is permeated by identity issues which are involved in the learning and teaching of any language, and in the learning and teaching, in a given language, of any discipline. The centrality of language in education becomes manifest, and consequently the relevance of Byram’s work to all the actors involved in education in one way or another. Throughout the political and ideological d