The political and the ethical in language teaching

A rejoinder to ‘Between professionalism and political engagement in foreign language teaching practice’

Authors

  • Michael Byram University of Durham

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jalpp.21088

Keywords:

commentary

Author Biography

  • Michael Byram, University of Durham

    Michael Byram studied languages at King’s College Cambridge (UK), wrote a PhD in Danish literature and then taught French and German in secondary and adult education. At Durham University from 1980, he trained language teachers and researched linguistic minorities and foreign language education. In the 2000s he was Adviser to the Language Policy Division of the Council of Europe (CoE), and was recently involved in the CoE’s work on a Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture.

References

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Byram, Michael (2018) An essay on internationalism in foreign language education. Intercultural Communication Education 1 (2): 64–82. https://dx.doi.org/10.29140/ice.v1n2.54

Byram, Michael, Irina Golubeva, Hui Han and Manuela Wagner (2017) From Principles to Practice in Education for Intercultural Citizenship. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters. https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783096565

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Published

2022-08-19

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 3 (2019)

Section

Forum Discussion

License

Equinox Publishing Ltd.

How to Cite

Byram, M. (2022). The political and the ethical in language teaching: A rejoinder to ‘Between professionalism and political engagement in foreign language teaching practice’. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice, 16(3), 394-402. https://doi.org/10.1558/jalpp.21088