On Promoting Social Justice in the Privileged and Multilingual Study Abroad Context

Abstract

This chapter focuses on the multilingual and multicultural classroom in the privileged context of study abroad. In such an international classroom, exchange students from diverse academic, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds meet and interact for a limited period of time. However, too often, the interplay between privilege and responsibility is not adequately addressed, and the study abroad context misses the chance of educational justice-oriented work. The purpose of this chapter is to link social justice education with intercultural communicative competence as well as with culturally and emotionally responsive teaching practices.