Book Review: Authenticity Across Languages and Cultures: Themes of Identity in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

Authors

Aselle Almuratova, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Keywords

Foreign language education, authenticity, identity

Abstract

The word “authenticity” and its derivatives have become almost a catch-all in language pedagogy. While language teachers strive to use authentic materials in their teaching and attempt to prepare students for authentic communicative situations, few teachers of Russian are aware of the connection between personal and cultural authenticity, as the term itself is not clearly defined in the field of Russian as a Foreign Language (RFL) and is often seen as self-explanatory. The authors of the current volume explore the conceptualization of the word “authenticity” in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) more broadly, bringing together authors from different languages; however, this review will focus on the work’s potential contributions to RFL.

Recommended Citation

Almuratova, Aselle (2023) "Book Review: Authenticity Across Languages and Cultures: Themes of Identity in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning," Russian Language Journal: Vol. 73: Iss. 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70163/0036-0252.1355
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/rlj/vol73/iss2/15