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Rhetoric or reality: intercultural understanding in the English Key Stage 3 Modern Foreign Languages curriculum
Author(s) -
Peiser Gillian,
Jones Marion
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the curriculum journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.843
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1469-3704
pISSN - 0958-5176
DOI - 10.1080/09585176.2012.678499
Subject(s) - curriculum , rhetoric , key (lock) , pedagogy , foreign language , intercultural relations , set (abstract data type) , intercultural communication , complement (music) , sociology , english as a foreign language , political science , linguistics , computer science , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , computer security , complementation , phenotype , gene , programming language
This paper is concerned with the aspect of intercultural understanding as a component in the revised Key Stage 3 (ages 11–13) Modern Foreign Languages curriculum in England. It critically examines the extent to which recent initiatives have been conducive to promoting the development of intercultural understanding (IU) amongst pupils at Key Stage 3. It argues that while policy appears to have placed increased emphasis on IU, it has been predominantly concerned with the need to complement a wider set of broader policy goals, not educational objectives and the development of an intercultural languages pedagogy.