The Negotiated Enculturation Process in the Second Language Classroom – a Study in Eco Linguistics

The scope of Eco Linguistics can be expanded by discerning teachers if they can build thick descriptions of unstated assumptions about the classroom culture. The paper posits that one can arrive at a deeper understanding of the small culture in the classroom without any necessary subordination to or containment within large cultures. To be precise, the classroom is researched into as a complex in which the individuals become very much the product of the social Environment. A particular experiment conducted by the presenter of this paper and the co-investigator is highlighted with the clinching argument that such studies in Eco Linguistics expand the perspectival value of the researcher. This paper combines the tradition of critical pedagogy with Eco-linguistic – cultural perspectives.