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Direct linkKubota, Ryuko – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2004
Cultural difference is an important topic of discussion in second language education. Yet cultural difference is often conceptualized as fixed, objective, and apolitical based on an essentialist and normative understanding of culture. This article challenges such conceptualizations by examining and politicizing multiple and conflicting meanings of…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Second Languages, National Standards, Second Language Learning
