Research & Papers by Kate Alice Efron
Babylonia Journal of Language Education, 2021
Les cadres anti-biais sont utilisés par les éducateurs pour conscientiser les apprenants aux dif... more Les cadres anti-biais sont utilisés par les éducateurs pour conscientiser les apprenants aux différences individuelles et culturelles. Ils sont particulièrement utiles dans le cadre des cours d'anglais langue étrangère pour aider les étudiants à développer leurs identités locales et internationales, pour communiquer, et pour guider les apprenants à aborder et à éliminer les préjugés. Cet article propose des suggestions pour inclure des activités anti-biais dans les cours d'anglais langue étrangère des écoles primaires, afin de faciliter l'émergence de véritables citoyens du monde.
Anti-Bias Frameworks (ABFs) are used by educators to develop learners’ appreciation of human differences and cultures. They are of particular relevance in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) settings to help students develop local and international identities, to communicate with others, and to guide learners to address and eliminate prejudices. This article offers suggestions for including anti-bias activities in primary school EFL classes to facilitate the emergence of true global citizens.
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Kate Alice Efron , 2020
Recent reforms to Foreign Language Activities policies in Japan have highlighted the importance o... more Recent reforms to Foreign Language Activities policies in Japan have highlighted the importance of facilitating multilingualism and multiculturalism in global contexts. However, many of the most recent elementary school textbooks (2018-2020) for Foreign Language Activities classes in Japan are English Foreign Language (EFL) textbooks focused largely on English language in tourism settings rather than in educational and social perspectives. With inspiration from critical discourse analysis (e.g., Fairclough 1992a; 1992b; 2001), this paper critically examines representations of multilingualism and multiculturalism in four Japanese EFL textbooks used in elementary schools, We Can 1, We Can 2, Let's Try 1 and Let's Try 2 (MEXT, 2018). Findings show that the videos, video activities, and images center Japanese culture, and that countries outside of Japan appear in oversimplified mediums, while minority cultures within Japan are not explicitly represented.
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Papers by Kate Alice Efron
Babylonia Journal of Language Education
In Japan, recent Foreign Language Activities (2018-2020) policies have explicated the importance ... more In Japan, recent Foreign Language Activities (2018-2020) policies have explicated the importance of facilitating multiculturalism and global thinking through education and educational tools, including through the use of textbooks. Accordingly, an Anti-Bias Framework (ABF) is one way for educators to develop learners’ global and cultural identities, as well as learners’ appreciation of human differences. ABFs are of particular relevance in multicultural textbooks and classrooms, as they are used for helping students develop local and international identities, and for helping learners eliminate biases. However, the current EFL textbooks (2018-2020) issued by the Japanese Ministry of Education are not inclusive of ABFs. Consequently, there are numerous missed opportunities for teachers and learners to engage in active anti-bias lessons for the facilitation of global citizenship. This paper seeks to address this gap in the textbooks by discussing opportunities for EFL teachers in Japan ...
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Research & Papers by Kate Alice Efron
Anti-Bias Frameworks (ABFs) are used by educators to develop learners’ appreciation of human differences and cultures. They are of particular relevance in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) settings to help students develop local and international identities, to communicate with others, and to guide learners to address and eliminate prejudices. This article offers suggestions for including anti-bias activities in primary school EFL classes to facilitate the emergence of true global citizens.
Papers by Kate Alice Efron
Anti-Bias Frameworks (ABFs) are used by educators to develop learners’ appreciation of human differences and cultures. They are of particular relevance in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) settings to help students develop local and international identities, to communicate with others, and to guide learners to address and eliminate prejudices. This article offers suggestions for including anti-bias activities in primary school EFL classes to facilitate the emergence of true global citizens.