1. The Relevance of an Intercultural Approach in Teaching English for Academic Purposes
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Aguilar, Fernando, Ahedo, Virginia, Alaiz-Moretón, Héctor, Alonso, David, Becerra, Alonso, Pedro, Alonso-Castaño, Marlén, Amaro-Mellado, José, Lázaro, Apiñaniz, Estibaliz, Aristondo, Oihana, Arnaiz del Pozo, Carlos, Arroyo, Ángel, Arroyo-Figueroa, Gustavo, Baptiste, Jennifer, Barba, Irene, Barros-del, Río, María, Amor, Baruque-Zanón, Bruno, Batres, Rafael, Bayraktar, Secil, Bernardo Ana, B., Bonilla, Claire, Frances, Borrego, Diana, Bria, Driss, Briones-Llorente, Raúl, Bruton, Jennifer, Cabrejas-Arce, Luis, Miguel, Calvo, Isidro, Calvo-Rolle, José, Luis, Cambra, Carlos, Casado-Vara, Roberto, Casteleiro-Roca, Chaves, Jiménez, Viviana E., Ciesielkiewicz, Monika, Cosido, García, Aránzazu-Lucía, Dakkach, Mohamed, Larrinoa, De, Estibaliz, Apiñaniz-Fernandez, de Luis Reboredo, Ana, Del, Blanco, David Yeregui Marcos, Del, Valle, Carmelo, Delgado-Tercero, Ruperta, Deulofeu, Jordi, Díaz, Irene, Díaz-Rodríguez, Hector, Daniel, Diez-Ojeda, María, Divina, Federico, Doroch, Alina, Hadi, El, Mohammed, Hassani, El, Sanae, Moussaouy, El, Abdelaziz, Escudero, Cesar, Essaadaoui, Rachid, Esteban, María, Estevez, Julian, Fernández, Alberto, Fernández-Alonso, Alba, Fridberg, Marie, Galán, José, Manuel, Garate, Gorka, García, Terceño, Eva, M., García-Adeva, Angel, J., García-Álvarez, Francisco, Manuel, García-Ordás, María, Teresa, García-Torres, Miguel, Gastón, María, Gil-García, Jose, Miguel, Gil-González, Ana, Belén, Gómez-Vela, Francisco, González, Fernández, Celina, Graña, Manuel, Greca, Ileana, M., Hagen, Tobias, Herrero, Álvaro, Janati-Idrisi, Rachid, Jiménez, Álvaro, Ángel, Jove, Esteban, Kohler, Mariela, Castro, Laabidi, Khalid, Laafou, Mohammed, Lara-Palma, Ana, María, Leotta, Paola, Clara, Lifi, Mohamed, López, Paniagua, Ignacio, Lopez-Guede, Jose, Manuel, López-Iñesta, Emilia, López-Vázquez, José, Antonio, Lorenzo-Fernández, Esther, Madrane, Mourad, Martínez-Álvarez, Francisco, Mellone, Maria, Merzougui, Mohammed, Amine, Mesanza, Amaia, Mesanza-Moraza, Amaia, Mihăilă, Ramona, Mitxelena-Hoyos, Oihana, Montero, Eduardo, Morales-Esteban, Antonio, Muñiz-Rodríguez, Laura, Muñoz-Rujas, Natalia, Murphy, Noel, Navarro, Jorge, Nieto, Carlier, Rafael, Núñez, Beatriz, F., Nuñez-Donoso, Felipe, A., Nuñez-Gonzalez, David, J., Orozco, Walter, Ortiz-Revilla, Jairo, Ouariach, Abdelaziz, Pavani, Ana, Queiruga-Dios, Miguel, Ángel, Quintián, Héctor, Ramos-Hernanz, Jose, Antonio, Redfors, Andreas, Requena-Garcia-Cruz, Maria-Victoria, Rodrigues, Elsa, Rodríguez, Martín, Javier, Rodríguez-García, Rodríguez-Muñiz, Luis, J., Rubio-Pérez, Gabriel, Sáiz-Manzanares, María, Consuelo, Sánchez, Orgaz, Susana, Sancho-Saiz, Javier, Santamaría-Bonfil, Guillermo, Santos, Peñas, Matilde, Santos, Matilde, Sapia, Sonia, Sigona, Concetta, Maria, Tazo-Herran, Inmaculada, Teira-Lafuente, Javier, Toro, Miguel, Urda, Daniel, Valcke, Martin, Valenti, Antonella, Vázquez, Dorrío, José, Benito, Vázquez, José Antonio López, Vázquez-Dorrío, Vázquez-Noguera, José, L., Zayas-Gato, Francisco, and Zulueta, Ekaitz
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Value (ethics) ,Translation ,Cognition ,English language ,Intercultural Approach, Teaching EAP, Translation ,Lingua franca ,Teaching EAP ,Pedagogy ,Teaching english ,Translation studies ,Natural (music) ,Relevance (information retrieval) ,Sociology ,Intercultural Approach ,computer ,computer.programming_language - Abstract
Transnational education is one of the many facets of inclusive education, with its relevance of English as the natural Lingua Franca in a vast range of contexts. The University of Catania, Italy, is an interesting case-study of a highly international University, which welcomes students from all over the world, and where transnational education has become an ordinary practice. In the light of my experience of English language teaching, I would like to report both on the cognitive value of an intercultural, learner-centered approach and on the various factors that concur to make mixed classes a motivating practice. Based on the hypothesis that people who speak different languages have different worldviews, my teaching proposal aims at fulfilling two objectives: understanding the perspectives of other cultures, and comparing the language and culture of others with students’ own.
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- 2020