In the context of contemporary reality, the issue of multicultural education is becoming more and more popular. Therefore, the purpose of the article is two-fold: to discuss Banks’ vve dimensions of multicultural education and to share some ideas on how these dimensions are or can be used to assist teachers in integrating multicultural content into their primary foreign language classrooms. Moreover, one section of the paper is devoted to the vgure of Professor James. A Banks, who is widely regarded as a founder of multicultural education. Moreover, the professor’s own rewections on the dimensions of interest expressed in the interview conducted by Tucker in 1998 are presented. Finally, having recognised the importance of early multicultural education, the author of the article concludes that primary foreign language teachers should not hesitate and encourages them to start preparing their students to become unbiased global citizens.
Since language is an integral part of culture, we may say that language is its carrier. Consequently, in order to fully participate in the social life it is not enough to be a proficient language speaker. What we need is the knowledge of particular customs which, to certain extent, can be acquired during inter-cultural communication classes. Therefore, FL teachers should try to devel-op intercultural awareness in their students, so that they could avoid stress-ful situations and misunderstandings in communication. It is particularly important in the case of adult learners who have already developed routine models of behaviour expected in their motherland.
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