Open AccessFostering Pre-service English Teachers’ Intercultural Awareness through Lesson Designs
Author(s) -
Chin-Wen Chien
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of multicultural education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.472
H-Index - 16
ISSN - 1934-5267
DOI - 10.18251/ijme.v24i1.2803
Subject(s) - cultural competence , intercultural competence , psychology , pedagogy , intercultural communication , target culture , relevance (law) , competence (human resources) , mathematics education , social psychology , political science , law
This study explored Taiwanese pre-service teachers’ intercultural awareness through lesson designs. Based on the data analysis of textbook evaluation; lesson plans; self, peer, and expert evaluations on lesson plans; videos; and reflection notes, this study had the following major findings. First, the textbook evaluation helped the participants to identify the visual culture and linguistic elements in the textbooks and their relevance to young Taiwanese learners’ home or target culture. However, these participants lacked competence in identifying the appropriateness and authenticity of the cultural concepts in the textbooks, introducing relevant cultural issues, and designing activities on practice and production procedure.