CCU 7

Critical Cultural Awareness:
Managing Stereotypes through Intercultural
(Language) Education

 by
Stephanie Ann Houghton, Yumiko Furumura,
Maria Lebedko and Song Li

The goal of this journal has been to explore theoretical approaches to the study of stereotypes across various scholarly fields and to see what cognitive processes shape stereotypes. And its shown various theoretical approaches, disclosing important features and aspects of stereotypes that can manifest on diverse linguistic levels. By nature, stereotypes display diverse features, most of which are negative. The analysis of cognitive processes is helpful in understanding why and how perception can be distorted: people belonging to different cultures have different perceptual experiences, different knowledge about the world. What is regarded as a positive stereotype might be regarded as negative. But The examination of theoretical approaches and cognitive mechanisms undertaken in this journal may be applied in teaching practice and educational research.