Innovation in higher education : diffusion of linguistic democracy in language teaching

Abstract EN

The present study is a focus on the importance of linguistic democracy in English Language Teaching (ELT).

The paper discusses the need for utilizing democracy in the educational practices in language teaching.

The study is a qualitative case study.

Data were collected using interviews, classrooms observations and field notes.

The present study examines the conceptions of three participants, university lecturers who were chosen from three faculties, on the role of democracy in language teaching.

Additionally, the paper presents the impact of the lecturers' conceptions on their practices in classrooms.

In accordance with the obtained data, it was observed that there is a limited knowledge on understanding the role of democracy in language teaching.

This was clearly manifested in the classroom practices.