Multicultural awareness through English: A potential contribution of TESOL in Greek schools

Richard Fay; Vally Lytra; Maria Ntavaliagkou

doi:10.1080/14675986.2010.533038

Multicultural awareness through English: A potential contribution of TESOL in Greek schools

Richard Fay, Vally Lytra, Maria Ntavaliagkou

Manchester Institute of Education

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Abstract

The cultural diversity now evident in Greek society creates educational challenges and opportunities. Space to address these is provided by the multicultural awareness aspects of the discourse of the Cross-Thematic Curriculum Framework (CTCF). For English language classes, multicultural direction is provided through the disciplinary discussion of new teaching paradigm possibilities. In particular, these discussions encourage us to explore the repositioning of English teaching in Greek state schooling from a foreign language orientation towards a multicultural one. In this article, having set the context, we present the Multicultural Awareness Through English (MATE) paradigm. We conclude by illustrating the MATE paradigm in action. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	581-595
Number of pages	15
Journal	Intercultural Education
Volume	21
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14675986.2010.533038
Publication status	Published - Dec 2010

Keywords

Greece
multicultural awareness through English
teaching English as a foreign language
teaching English to speakers of other languages

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10.1080/14675986.2010.533038

3 Conference contribution
1 Other

Curricular discourses and ELF in the Greek state school context
Sifakis, N., Lytra, V. & Fay, R. J., May 2012, host publication.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
[Conference Paper] Teaching English in multicultural classrooms (in Greece): Mapping the paradigm possibilities for TESOL practitioners
Fay, R. J., Ntavaliagkou, M. & Lytra, V., Jun 2009, Conference Paper.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Multicultural awareness through English: An opportunity for repositioning TESOL in Greek schools
Ntavaliagkou, M., Fay, R. J. & Lytra, V., 28 Nov 2008, CLIE 2008 (1st Conference on Linguistic and Intercultural Education): Multilingualism and Plurilingualism, Migrants’ languages, Minority Languages, 27- 29 November 2008, Alba Iulia, Romania. p. 362-374 13 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Interculturalising TESOL
Richard Fay (Participant)
Impact: Attitudes and behaviours, Awareness and understanding, Society and culture
Interculturalising the university
Richard Fay (Participant)
Impact: Attitudes and behaviours, Awareness and understanding, Health and wellbeing, Society and culture

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Multicultural awareness through English: A potential contribution of TESOL in Greek schools

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Research output

Curricular discourses and ELF in the Greek state school context

[Conference Paper] Teaching English in multicultural classrooms (in Greece): Mapping the paradigm possibilities for TESOL practitioners

Multicultural awareness through English: An opportunity for repositioning TESOL in Greek schools

Impacts

Interculturalising TESOL

Interculturalising the university

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