Multiculturalism and E L T

Abstract

The Language English has taken a prominent place in teaching and learning. Though many languages and cultures exist in the world, English language is preferred in the teaching and learning process for better understanding of content, cultures, and new knowledge in any field throughout the world. English has already become an inevitable part of education in most countries. Moreover, the English language provides the opportunity to understand all the cultures, attitudes, and behavior of people comprehensively. 

Multiculturalism is the dogma that various cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully and fairly in a single country. If multiculturalism is taken in an educational context, it refers to any form of education or teaching that integrates the histories, writings, values, opinions, and perceptions of people from different cultural backgrounds. If we take an example, at the classroom level, teachers may change or incorporate lessons to reflect the cultural diversity of the students in a particular class. One of the major challenges is how the teaching of English can be made appropriate in multilingual and multicultural contexts. Because the learners are from various backgrounds in terms of language and attitudes. Undoubtedly, teachers of English as a Second Language have a unique opportunity to foster their students' awareness of and appreciation for the diversity of the world by creating a multicultural classroom environment.

This research explores the perspectives of educators on diversity and the methods they use in the classroom to facilitate positive relationships between students from different cultural origins via the medium of language instruction.