Synopses & Reviews
This book is designed to give language teachers a basis for introducing a cultural component into their teaching. The paperback edition is a collection of selected essays that attempts to provide language teachers with a basis for introducing a cultural component into their teaching. It includes essays written especially for the volume, as well as some that have been previously published.
Synopsis
This book is designed to give language teachers a basis for introducing a cultural component into their teaching.
Table of Contents
Preface; Part I. Language, Thought, and Culture: 1. Language and thought Franz Boas; 2. Culture and the written language Robert B. Kaplan; 3. Acculturation and mind William R. Acton and Judith Walker de Felix; 4. Learning a second culture H. Douglas Brown; Part II. Cultural Differences and Similarities: 5. How to compare two cultures Robert Lado; 6. Kinesics and cross-cultural understanding Gennelle G. Mortain; 7. Intercultural differences and communicative approaches to foreign-language teaching in the Third World Karl-Heinz Osterloh; 8. ' ... So near the United States' John C. Condon; 9. Cultural clues to the Middle Eastern student Orin D. Parker and Educational Services Staff, AFME; 10. XANADU - 'A miracle of rare device': the teaching of English in China Alan Maley; 11. Compliments in cross-cultural perspective Nessa Wolfson; Part III. Classroom Applications: 12. Culture in the classroom Nelson Brooks; 13. Newspapers: vehicles for teaching ESOL with a cultural focus Charles H. Blatchford; 14. Culture in literature Joyce Merrill Valdes; 15. English language teaching from an intercultural perspective Stephen C. Dunnett, Fraida Dubin and Amy Lezberg; 16. An argument for culture analysis in the second language classroom George H. Hughes; 17. Culture bump and beyond Carol M. Archer; 18. The culture test Rebecca M. Valette; Bibliography; Index.