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Maden, Sedat – Online Submission, 2017
There is a very close association between language and culture. Thus, cultural values should be prioritized in language training and cultural knowledge should be concurrently instructed. Turkish culture should also be introduced to learners of Turkish as a foreign language. Therefore, it is important to determine the attitudes of learners of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Turkish, Foreign Students, Student Surveys
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Spooner-Lane, Rebecca; Tangen, Donna; Campbell, Marilyn – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
Increasing numbers of Asian international students are choosing to undertake their tertiary studies in English-speaking countries. For universities, international students are an important source of revenue. However, Asian international students face multiple challenges in adapting to a foreign culture, understanding the expectations of their…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Practicums, Foreign Culture, Focus Groups
Freeman, Jennifer – College Board Review, 1984
An American student reports on her studies at Peking University, where students do not expect, and do not receive, much luxury in their education. Two modes of education in China, the academic learning of the university students and the mental conditioning of the workers, are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Foreign Culture, Higher Education, International Educational Exchange
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Knop, Constance K. – French Review, 1976
Discusses the importance of cultural education in the FL classroom, three techniques for teaching culture are discussed: (1) the culture capsule, (2) the culture cluster, and (3) the culture assimilator. Examples are given, and values and drawbacks are discussed. (AM)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Cultural Education, Foreign Culture
EDGERTON, M., JR. – 1965
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY IN SCHOOLS SHOULD BE PREDICATED ON THE NEED OF SOCIETIES TO COEXIST WITH OTHER CONTEMPORARY NATIONAL CULTURES. IN A WORLD THAT CONSISTS OF A LARGE NUMBER OF HISTORICALLY DETERMINED, SEPARATE CULTURES, LANGUAGE ALONE CAN PRESENT THE LINGUISTICALLY CONDITIONED THOUGHT PATTERNS, THE "REALITY," OF A SPECIFIC CULTURE. LANGUAGE…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Course Objectives, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context
Ahlers, Hans Peter – 1971
Problems encountered by American students engaging in overseas foreign language study programs, frequently generalized as "culture shock," prompt the author to propose a plan for preparing students for foreign study. Remarks are directed to the preparatory program and the reentry program. The role of the foreign language department is described in…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict, Foreign Culture, Higher Education
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Molinsky, Andrew – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2005
How are nonnatives evaluated when committing cultural faux pas, and how does their fluency in the language of the foreign culture affect the evaluation of their culturally inappropriate behavior? I address these questions in the context of Russian professionals learning to interview for jobs in the United States, an arena of strong cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Culture, Cultural Differences, Effect Size, Language Fluency
Burris, Carol – 1995
This guide is intended to be a resource for teachers of the newly arrived Hispanic immigrant child. The number of children who enter U.S. schools without knowledge of English or whose first language is Spanish is growing and will continue to grow. Teachers will need to meet the challenge of educating students whose native language is not English…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Culturally Relevant Education
Elliott, Jacqueline C. – Bulletin of the Illinois Foreign Language Teachers Association, 1972
Introductory remarks, critical of teaching methods in language programs, lead the author to explore the concept of "culture" and its place in the curriculum. Several definitions of culture are proposed and followed by contrastive examples in French and Spanish. The teaching of culture through language instruction is suggested to be a means of…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Cultural Education
Jorden, Eleanor H. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1978
Discusses the importance of learning about Asian languages and cultures, and suggests ways in which colleges and universities can introduce these languages. (AM)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, College Language Programs
Catford, J.C. – 1969
The author feels that there is no reason to suppose that adults are less capable than children in learning a second language, given adequate opportunity and motivation. In terms of amount learned in comparable time, the adult is about five times as efficient as the child. This is what would be expected of any other kind of intellectual or rational…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Behavior Patterns, Cultural Awareness
Damen, Louise – 1982
Considerations for identifying the stages of cultural learning of individual students of English as a second language (ESL) are discussed. It is suggested that culture shock, or the shock of the new, is a common experience for those learning a second language in a second culture, and that anger, unhappiness, frustration, and even illness may…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict, Elementary Secondary Education
Perkins, Cynthia – MFLA Newsletter, 1978
Enjoyment of ethnic food can be the "point de depart" for tracing the heritage of the people being studied and for broadening students' horizons. This article outlines a study of food throughout the centuries, particularly in Europe. The "gastronomic route" begins historically with the Minoans around 2000 B.C., continues with…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences
Wei, Tam Thi Dang – 1977
This teacher's handbook delineates core features of Vietnamese culture, identifies conflicts Vietnamese children may face as students in American schools and provides suggestions for accurate school records, grade placement and assessment and instruction in English. Part I outlines religous beliefs and practices, indicates basic values (filial…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Culture Contact, Educational Problems
Hendon, Ursula S. – 1978
This study delineates the interaction of language and culture as it relates to foreign language instruction and describes appropriate teaching strategies for the implementation of culture in the foreign language classroom. The study is based on the thesis that language and culture are not separable; the teaching of culture is properly a part of…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context