2015
DOI: 10.24093/awej/vol6no2.30
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Reaching a Central Place of Understanding Intercultural Sensitivity in ELT - Dynamic Frames for Intercultural Sensitivity

Abstract: This paper builds upon a previous paper which explored intercultural sensitivity in a natural English teaching environment in a Saudi Arabian university. A total of nineteen expatriate teachers took part in this case study. Descriptive qualitative data were generated through focus group discussions, interviews, observations and diary entries. The data showed that the context and teachers' biography are two core and static frames of reference for intercultural sensitivity. The data also showed that a further tw… Show more

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“…In a previous article, I identified that four frames of reference converge in any ELT context (Etri, 2015). Two of these are relatively static and they are the ELT Context and Teacher's Biography, while the other two are more dynamic being the Teacher's Attitudinal frames related to attitudes towards culture and intercultural sensitivity (IS) and their Situationally Responsive frames related to their adaptation and response to their teaching context.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In a previous article, I identified that four frames of reference converge in any ELT context (Etri, 2015). Two of these are relatively static and they are the ELT Context and Teacher's Biography, while the other two are more dynamic being the Teacher's Attitudinal frames related to attitudes towards culture and intercultural sensitivity (IS) and their Situationally Responsive frames related to their adaptation and response to their teaching context.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This unique place in a qualitative study of expatriate teachers teaching in a Saudi Arabian university (Etri, 2015) identified two main factors that help understanding IS in daily ELT contexts; teacher's intercultural awareness and pedagogical decisions. Following will be an analysis of these factors based on qualitative data collected through various interviews and observations of 19 expatriate teachers in X University in Saudi Arabia who took part in this study.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%