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Florentina Alexandru

• The answer to the question – Which can be the best way to teach and to learn to understand foreign people and culture in ethnically, culturally and linguistically homogenous teaching contexts? – is simple: through language teaching and learning. This process is per definitionem the encounter between a culture of origin and a target culture. The process of learning and teaching foreign languages generates the encounter with languages and cultures, which implies on the one hand a comparison of different cultural contexts and on the other hand self-reflection. Starting from data, which were collected based on a survey, the present contribution attempts to answer the following questions: 1. What is the role of foreign language teachers in ethnically, culturally and linguistically homogenous teaching contexts? 2. To what extent do foreign language teachers and students perceive the intercultural dimensions of foreign language education in such contexts?