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    Representations of the foreign and self-representations in language classes: theoretical and methodological approaches

    Vol. 20 No. 37 (2018)
    Published: 2024-05-28
    Daniel Hernán López Bermúdez
    This article proposes some theoretical references and methodological suggestions
    on the subject of images of the foreign in language classrooms, or more precisely,
    on the representations of foreign cultures and about one’s own culture. In order
    to do this, a brief examination of the concept of social representations is taken
    as a starting point, and then it is regarded the applicability of this concept in the
    field of language didactics using an approach that advocates a reflexive look at
    one’s own culture and, at the same time, at foreign cultures: the diversified de-
    scription. This methodological approach aims to warn of the risks of a univocal
    and reductive vision on this subject, and to give an active and critical role to both
    the student and the teacher in the construction of self-images and images of the
    foreign. However, it is not a question of offering pre-established formulas but of
    presenting a range of conceptual and practical tools, which can be permanently
    expanded and adapted, in order to undertake a reflexive process that allows the
    (self-) representations to emerge, identify their sources and examine them with
    a relativizing view
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    How to Cite

    López Bermúdez, D. H. (2024). Representations of the foreign and self-representations in language classes: theoretical and methodological approaches . Rastros Rostros, 20(37), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.16925/
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