Culture and Foreign Language Education: Insights from Research and Implications for the Practice

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2015

Culture and Foreign Language Education

Insights from Research and Implications for the Practice

Edited by: Wai Meng Chan , Sunil Kumar Bhatt , Masanori Nagami and Izumi Walker

Volume 10 in the series Studies in Second and Foreign Language Education [SSFLE]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501503023

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About this book

The teaching of culture and interculturality is today viewed as an integral part of foreign language education. This book presents insights from recent research on the role of culture in second/foreign and heritage language education. It contains 14 chapters including an introductory chapter that discusses diachronically the evolving notion of culture and how the sociocultural view of culture as a complex and dynamic concept informs language teaching and language learning research. The chapters following the introduction are organised in four parts focusing on: 1) the teacher's role in integrated language and culture learning; 2) the interrelationship between culture, identity, and language learning and use; 3) the effect of culture on learner characteristics which impact language learning processes and outcomes; and 4) curriculum development aimed at fostering language and culture learning. The chapters in Parts 1 to 3 present contributions from current research - either in the form of the authors' original studies or comprehensive reviews of relevant essential research - which bears important implications for curricular practice in foreign language and language teacher education. This close link between research, theory and practice is also maintained in the two chapters in Part 4, which present developmental projects based on well-grounded theoretical frameworks.

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W. M. Chan, S.K. Bhatt, M. Nagami, I. Walker, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Chapter 1. Culture and foreign language education: An introduction to the book Wai Meng Chan, Sunil Kumar Bhatt, Masanori Nagami and Izumi Walker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1. The role of the teacher in integrated language and culture learning
Chapter 2. Culture in foreign language learning – The implications for teachers and teacher training Michael Byram Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Chapter 3. Pre-service teachers discovering intercultural enquiry in language classroom discourse Robyn Moloney, Lesley Harbon and Ruth Fielding Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Chapter 4. Exploring the intercultural in Australian community languages teaching Caroline Mahoney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Chapter 5. Critical thinking, (inter)cultural awareness and pedagogical dilemmas: Stories of three university teachers in Indonesia Isti Gandana Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Part 2. Culture, identity and language
Chapter 6. First, second, third place and beyond: Reflection on a philosophy of Self & Identity for intercultural language teaching Chantal Crozet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Chapter 7. Growing up in Hawai‘i as Japanese heritage language speakers: Language, culture and identity Kimi Kondo-Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Chapter 8. Identities and languages: Two stories of multilingual development Robyn Moloney and Susan Oguro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Chapter 9. The construction of cultural difference through negotiating participation: Learning-as-participation in an English-medium college in Japan Takuji Aso Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Part 3. Culture and learner characteristics
Chapter 10. Motivational changes and their affecting factors among students from different cultural backgrounds Masanori Matsumoto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Chapter 11. Significant others in influencing Chinese EFL students’ learning strategy use: From a sociocultural perspective Shenghui Cindy Huang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Chapter 12. Cultural learning styles – “Is there such a thing?” Lynne Li Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Part 4. Curriculum development for language and culture learning
Chapter 13. Learning language and culture through video clips: An action research study Saeko Kitai and Wai Meng Chan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
Chapter 14. Shifting paradigms: A model for the integrated assessment of language and culture Judith Hammer and Elena Schmitt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
Authors and their affiliations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	367
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Second and Foreign Language Teachers and Researchers; Linguists; Curriculum Developers; Language Education Policymakers
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 378
Keywords: Foreign Language Education; Second Language Acquisition; Language Teaching; Culture

eBook

Published: July 31, 2015
ISBN: 9781501503023

Hardcover

Published: July 20, 2015
ISBN: 9781501510946