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Why Should Language Teachers Teach Culture?
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Kramsch, Claire; And Others – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1996
Analyzes the social and historical reasons for the pervasive resistance among foreign language teachers in three countries to go beyond linguistic training and the anecdotal transmission of cultural facts. The article sketches the principles of a discourse-based pedagogy that views culture as language and language as culture. (36 references)…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries