Manuela Guilherme, Critical Citizens for an Intercultural World: Foreign Language Education as Cultural Politics

Abstract

Annotation This book examines the acquisition of requests in English by a seven- year-old Japanese girl during her 17-month residence in Australia. The study focuses on the linguistic repertoire available to the child as she attempts to make requests and vary these to suit different goals and addressees. This book helps unravel features of pragmatic development in the child's interlanguage, a subject about which we yet know very little. Critical pedagogy as cultural politics -- Philosophical foundations for critical cultural awareness -- Critical dimension in foreign culture education -- Teachers' voices: critical cultural awareness in EFL classes in Portugal -- Preparing critical citizens and educators for an intercultural world.