First international conference on the theme 'The Art(s) of/in Foreign Language Teaching': Organised by the Global Languages Centre of the O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, India (December 6 – 7, 2019)

Abstract

In times when foreign language education is increasingly becoming susceptible to the dictates of neoliberal consumerism, prevalent metaphors in the field of education such as 'student as customer', 'teacher as service provider' or 'language as product' distract from the beauty of the process of learning itself. Unfortunately, these metaphors are seldom subjected to critical reflection and therefore continue to subtly shape institutional frameworks in which foreign language education takes place, in turn affecting the curriculum and foreign language educational policies.