Positive Psychology Can Help Overcome the Pernicious Native Speaker Ideology

Autor/inn/en	Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Saito, Kazuya
Titel	Positive Psychology Can Help Overcome the Pernicious Native Speaker Ideology
Quelle	In: European Educational Researcher, 5 (2022) 2, S.225-234 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Dewaele, Jean-Marc)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Psychology; Well Being; Native Speakers; Ideology; Second Language Learning; Holistic Approach; Language Teachers; Linguistics; Cultural Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychologie; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Muttersprachler; Ideologie; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Holistischer Ansatz; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Linguistik; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss
Abstract	The world of applied linguistics and the profession of foreign language teaching needs to finally sweep away the notion of "Native Speaker" (NS) and the deficit perspective surrounding foreign language learners. We argue that Positive Psychology is a source of inspiration for a new and more positive perspective on foreign language learners and users. Rather than obsessing about negative aspects of life, Positive Psychologists defend a more holistic perspective. By transforming the view of learners as failed "NS" of the target language to that of increasingly competent and happy users of a foreign language would lift a huge burden from the shoulders of foreign language learners and their teachers alike. We argue that the unexpected longevity and ubiquity of the NS in the foreign language teaching profession have deep historical roots in linguistics and culture, and that only a radical paradigm shift can dislodge it. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01