Breaking out of the Culture Box: An Exploration of Critical Approaches to Language Teaching for the Unsure and Hesitant
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Description
This short guidebook introduces the reader to critical pedagogy in foreign language education as a logical extension of the liberal arts’ core mission to encourage the analysis of (social) problems in order to arrive at just solutions. We present six common approaches, noting any possible difficulties of implementation, and demonstrate how a sample lesson plan would change from one approach to another. In addition we discuss the challenges of addressing exclusionary culture at the curricular level, as well as highlighting the feasibility and necessity of doing so.
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Document Type
Book
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7936/BAWM-8689
ISBN
Ebook 978-1-941823-28-6
Language
English (en)
Publication Date
5-19-2026
Publisher
WashU Libraries
City
St. Louis (Mo.)
Disciplines
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Education
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Recommended Citation
Kerschen, Katherine and Jenkins, Carol, "Breaking out of the Culture Box: An Exploration of Critical Approaches to Language Teaching for the Unsure and Hesitant" (2026). Books and Monographs. 72.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/books/72