Investigating How Learners Respect Alien Voices in a Foreign Language Classroom
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2022
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Differences in learners’ cultural, religious, linguistic, and social backgrounds are seen as a problem in today’s
centralized and hierarchical world system (Apple, 2018). As a consequence of the conservative restoration in
the social system, nationalism and ethnocentrism have become pervasive ideologies in social and academic
platforms. Thus, respecting different voices in social and academic life is a significant issue in the educational
field. However, there is no consensus regarding how learners could respect others’ opinions, ideas, and
feelings according to ontological and philosophical accounts of human existence. Based on Bakhtin’s
philosophy of language, a mutually responsive understanding is the epitome of dialogue (Lachmann, 2004).
Dialogue forms mutual relations between individuals and provides a shared responsibility, which requires
being ready to answer to other persons (Gardiner, 1996). In this regard, Bakhtin’s dialogue and responsibility
address responsiveness to the other’s word (Lachmann, 2004). Building this type of ethical relationship with
other people through dialogue consists of a loving, not a disinterested point of view (Bakhtin, 1990). Therefore,
otherness is no longer associated with the foreign or alien, because differences are perceived as a generative
opportunity. This case study aims to investigate how learners respect alien voices in a foreign language
classroom. Drawing from Bakhtin’s philosophy of dialogue, classroom dialogues, written responses, and
personal reflections were conducted with 17 beginner level students at the Preparatory school of a Turkish
university. Data results obtained from students demonstrated that learners could respond to others and be
open to different perceptions, opinions, and views without stereotyping and judging in language learning and
teaching.
Keywords: Bakhtin’s notion of dialogue, respecting alien voices, polyphony, foreign language classroom
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