Intercultural citizenship and the internationalisation of higher education: the role of English language teaching

Will Baker; Fan (Gabriel) Fang

doi:10.1515/jelf-2022-2067

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Intercultural citizenship and the internationalisation of higher education: the role of English language teaching

Will Baker
Will Baker is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and Director of the Centre for Global Englishes at the University of Southampton, UK. His research interests are English as a Lingua Franca, Intercultural and Transcultural Communication, English medium instruction, Intercultural Education, Intercultural Citizenship and ELT. Publications include: co-author of Transcultural Communication through Global Englishes (Routledge, 2021), co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of English as a Lingua Franca (2018), author of the monograph Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca (DGM 2015), and co-editor of the book series Developments in English as Lingua Franca (DGM) and Cambridge Elements in Intercultural Communication.
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From the journal Journal of English as a Lingua Franca Volume 11 Issue 1

Abstract

The expanding internationalisation of higher education (HE) has resulted in the inte rcultural dimensions becoming a core aim of many institutions. This is frequently represented though the concept of intercultural or global citizenship with students expected to engage with academic, professional and social communities across multiple scales from the local to the global. The language though which both the internationalisation of HE and intercultural citizenships is expected to take place is often English, or more precisely ELF, epically in English medium education (EME). Therefore, given this key role for English, English language teaching (ELT) provides an ideal setting for developing intercultural citizenship education. However, at present, this is an under-researched area. To address this gap, this collection of short papers provides a snap shot of current thinking and research form ELF perspectives. We include reports on the development of intercultural citizenship through study abroad for university students from China, Japan and Thailand; the role of intercultural citizenship in pre-service teacher education in Turkey; and a discussion of the relationship between intercultural citizenship, identity, symbolic power and language in the ELT and EMI classroom.

摘要

高等教育的不断国际化使得跨文化维度成为许多院校的核心目标。这通常通过学生从本土到全球，在学术、职业及社交领域等多个尺度的跨文化或全球公民身份观念来体现。高等教育的国际化和跨文化公民身份所使用的语言通常是英语，更确切地说是英语通用语，尤其是在全英文授课教育领域。因此，鉴于英语这一关键角色，英语语言教学则成为发展跨文化公民教育的理想条件。然而，目前该领域的研究仍不足。为填补研究空缺，该短篇论文系列收录了从英语通用语视角下对当前学界的思考和研究的简要概述。这包括了研究中国留学生、日本留学生, 及泰国留学生对跨文化公民发展的调查，跨文化公民意识在土耳其教师岗前培训中的作用研究，以及跨文化公民意识、身份认同、符号化权力与语言在英语教学和全英文授课课堂的讨论.

Keywords: English language teaching; English medium education; intercultural citizenship; internationalisation of higher education

Corresponding author: Will Baker, Centre for Global Englishes, Modern Languages and Linguistics, University of Southampton, Avenue Campus, Southampton, SO17 1BF, UK, E-mail: W.Baker@soton.ac.uk

About the author

Will Baker

Will Baker is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and Director of the Centre for Global Englishes at the University of Southampton, UK. His research interests are English as a Lingua Franca, Intercultural and Transcultural Communication, English medium instruction, Intercultural Education, Intercultural Citizenship and ELT. Publications include: co-author of Transcultural Communication through Global Englishes (Routledge, 2021), co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of English as a Lingua Franca (2018), author of the monograph Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca (DGM 2015), and co-editor of the book series Developments in English as Lingua Franca (DGM) and Cambridge Elements in Intercultural Communication.

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English language teaching; English medium education; intercultural citizenship; internationalisation of higher education