Culture bound : bridging the cultural gap in language teaching
Title:
Culture bound : bridging the cultural gap in language teaching
Author:
Valdes, Joyce Merrill.
ISBN:
9780521325264
9780521310451
Publication Information:
Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986.
Physical Description:
xi, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series:
Cambridge language teaching library
Cambridge language teaching library.
Contents:
Language and thought / Franz Boas -- Culture and the written language / Robert B. Kaplan -- Acculturation and mind / William R. Acton and Judith Walker de Felix -- Learning a second culture / H. Douglas Brown -- How to compare two cultures / Robert Lado -- Kinesics and cross-cultural understanding / Genelle G. Morain -- Intercultural differences and communicative approaches to foreign-language teaching in the Third World / Karl-Heinz Osterloh -- " ... So near the United States" / John C. Condon -- Cultural clues to the Middle Eastern student / Orin D. Parker and Educational Services Staff, AFME -- XANADU "A miracle of rare device" : the teaching of English in China / Alan Maley -- Compliments in cross-cultural perspective / Nessa Wolfson -- Culture in the classroom / Nelson Brooks -- Newspapers : vehicles for teaching ESOL with a cultural focus / Charles H. Blatchford -- Culture in literature / Joyce Merrill Valdes -- English language teaching from an intercultural perspective / Stephen C. Dunnett, Fraida Dubin, and Amy Lezberg -- An argument for culture analysis in the second language classroom / George H. Hughes -- Culture bump and beyond / Carol M. Archer -- The culture test / Rebecca M. Valette.
Abstract:
Culture Bound is designed to give language teachers a basis for introducing a cultural component into their teaching. The articles give a perspective on how language and culture interact and explore in particular the difference between interacting with another culture and entering it: language students are encouraged to understand the new culture without necessarily embracing it. This selection brings together representative practical and theoretical material written by a variety of scholars and teachers in the field. The essays are organized under three headings: language, thought, and culture; cultural differences and similarities; and classroom applications. --From publisher's description.
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