Linguistic Relativity and Foreign Language Teaching

Authors

  • Rodrigo Tadeu Gonçalves UFPR

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/rvx.v1i0.2009.15617

Keywords:

ensino de línguas, relativismo lingüístico

Abstract

In this article I intend to discuss some issues regarding the ways in which conceptions of language, linguistic education and critical awareness may produce benefits to the teachers of foreign languages. In order to do that, I will discuss the notions of linguistic relativity and ethnocentrism tied to the idea that the presence of tacit and invisible frontiers among the worldviews of the theorists, the practitioners, the teachers and the scholars can be deeply harmful to the process of teaching and learning foreign languages.

Author Biography

Rodrigo Tadeu Gonçalves, UFPR

DLLCV/SCHLA/UFPR, Área de Letras Clássicas

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Published

2009-12-15

How to Cite

Gonçalves, R. T. (2009). Linguistic Relativity and Foreign Language Teaching. Revista X, 1(0.2009). https://doi.org/10.5380/rvx.v1i0.2009.15617

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Vol. 1 No. 0.2009

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