Cultural Studies and Intersectionality in English Language Education: Exploring Students' Engagement in Issues of Celebrity, Identity, Gender and Sexuality

Autor/in	Svarstad, Lone Krogsgaard
Titel	Cultural Studies and Intersectionality in English Language Education: Exploring Students' Engagement in Issues of Celebrity, Identity, Gender and Sexuality
Quelle	In: Language Learning Journal, 49 (2021) 6, S.740-752 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957-1736
DOI	10.1080/09571736.2019.1709885
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Secondary School Students; Cultural Differences; Identification (Psychology); Gender Issues; Sexuality; Foreign Countries; Musicians; Feminism; Popular Culture; Teaching Methods; Cultural Awareness; Sexual Identity; Denmark + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Sekundarschüler; Kultureller Unterschied; Geschlechterfrage; Sexualität; Ausland; Musiker; Feminismus; Popkultur; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Dänemark
Abstract	The increasing orientation towards interculturality in language education calls for research to investigate teacher and student perceptions and practices of interculturality. Most research already conducted in this area primarily concerns teacher perceptions and practices, but this study contributes to an exploration of how lower secondary school students (15-year-olds) engaged in broader issues of interculturality, which include issues of celebrity, identity, gender and sexuality. The participatory action research intervention analysed in this paper explored the pedagogical potential of Cultural studies and the case of celebrity Miley Cyrus' toying with intersecting identities. The study's findings show that many of the participating students had sufficient linguistic and analytical resources to engage in a discourse analysis of an open letter to Miley Cyrus on Facebook from Sinead O'Connor. From the study's explorative intervention, it emerged that knowledge about Cultural studies with focus on three key concepts, "intersectionality" and "othering" (Dervin, F. 2016. "Interculturality in Education: A Theoretical and Methodological Toolbox." London: Palgrave Macmillan) and "subtextuality" (Svarstad, L.K. 2016. "Teaching interculturality: developing and engaging in pluralistic discourses in English Language Teaching," Århus University Press) supported the analysis of classroom dialogues and helped to conceptualise and develop a metalanguage of broader issues of interculturality. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01