(1516)BEHIND THE CHANGING MASKSA DIALOGUE BETWEEN A CANADIAN WOMAN OF INDIANDESCENT TEACHING FRENCH AND A RUSSIAN MANTEACHING JAPANESE IN CANADA

摘要

Both teachers and learners come from different cultures and in some cases they challenge yet anotherdifferent language together. There is no GPS for the roads to be taken to succeed in languagelearning under these circumstances. So-called “non-native” teachers with practically native proficiencyopt to take their students on the paths less travelled, which are often unknown to the so-called “nativespeaker”. While not actually born with the language they are teaching, these “Locuteurs de Formation”are nevertheless carriers of the culture associated with this language. They are able to bring it into theclassroom as a powerful and effective learning tool. Lifelong learners themselves, such teachersinspire their students to see and hear beyond words and master the language in an uncompromisedcontext of culture. This presentation will highlight successful and innovative teaching learning methodsfor today's university classroom for those who are seeking not only to be fluent in the second languagebut also fluid in its culture.