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Ali Derakhshan – Language Teaching Research, 2024
Studies examining culture representation in language textbooks have rarely adopted the semiotic approach, despite its potential for presenting and (re)creating cultural meanings at their various levels (i.e. cultural, intercultural, multicultural, and transcultural) in the co-instantiations of texts, tasks, and images. To address this issue, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Fichtner, Friederike – L2 Journal, 2020
From early in their learning experience, foreign language (FL) learners at American universities explore socio-cultural connotations that, it is argued, are signified by FL words. Textbook authors and teachers follow an implicit canon of difference, a list of iconic words that over time--and without the benefit of empirical evidence--have come to…
Descriptors: German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Experience
Suh, Sora – Bilingual Research Journal, 2020
The case studies of three Korean American families examined the directives and honorifics used by families to analyze how family members socialized each other into culturally appropriate ways of directing. Drawing from audio- and visual-recordings of interactions, interviews of parents and children, field notes, and artifacts, this study found…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Korean Americans, Socialization, Cultural Traits
Knouse, Stephanie M.; Abreu, Laurel – NECTFL Review, 2016
In an effort to make the learning of the target culture a meaningful and motivating experience for foreign language (FL) learners, the researchers designed and implemented a semester-long project in which intermediate Spanish students used Pinterest to pin and comment on cultural artifacts and websites in the target language (TL) that were of…
Descriptors: Social Media, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Web Sites
Bahrami, Nazli – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The present study was an attempt to evaluate and specify teachers' perception of the cultural elements of Total English book series. Another objective was to study the techniques and strategies that teachers usually use in teaching these elements. To this end, a total of 50 male and female teachers working at Kish Language Institute in Esfahan…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Content Analysis, Questionnaires, Teacher Attitudes
Fenimore, Linda – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore how home reading practices can impact what teachers assume to be the optimum practice in preparing students for school may not be supported by the local culture. In Kuwait, I have heard teachers repeatedly complain that students do not read at home or seem to value reading. Kuwaiti adults relate…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Family Environment, Recreational Reading, Child Caregivers
Packer, Shira; Lynch, Dana – TESL Canada Journal, 2013
Explicit sociolinguistic instruction in language classrooms has become more widely accepted than ever, but the understanding and teaching of Canadian culture remains a controversial issue, particularly as Canadian culture becomes increasingly diverse. The degree to which Canadians are perceived to exhibit characteristics such as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Sociolinguistics, Second Language Learning
Ellis, James – Thought Currents in English Literature, 1993
A study investigated the relationship between language contacts made outside of the classroom by Japanese foreign students and how those contacts affect their participation within the classroom and their overall academic performance. Subjects were 32 university students from Japan enrolled in an intensive language program. All of the students had…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Traits
Liu, Dilin – 1994
This study explores the concept of deep-structure sociocultural transfer and its impact on second language learning. It reviews three case studies of Chinese students in the United States, describing how the students allowed their native sociocultural values and beliefs to dominate their communications with Americans, even though they had resided…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Chinese Culture, College Students, Cross Cultural Studies