Postcolonial world and postmodern identity: some implications for language teaching O mundo pós-colonial e a identidade pós-moderna: algumas implicações para o ensino de línguas

This paper discusses some of the consequences of the new ways of thinking about identity. It is argued that identity, as conceived in terms of postmodernity, has a direct impact on language teaching, given that the very concept of language (just as much as that of the native speaker of a language) (...

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Main Author: Kanavillil Rajagopalan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo 2005-01-01
Series:DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-44502005000300003