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Peer reviewedJones, Dianne – Educational Leadership, 1985
By focusing on goegraphy, music, art, and literature, one teacher teaches her students about the history of Russian culture without having to fight student predjudice against the Soviet government. (PGD)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cultural Education, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture
Peer reviewedRuttkowski, Wolfgang V. – Unterrichtspraxis, 1976
Discusses the necessity of teaching German culture in English translation and the difficulty of selecting relevant subject matter and appropriate materials. Some guidelines for the structure and content of such courses are suggested. (Text is in German.) (TL)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Course Content, Cultural Education, European History
Peer reviewedKnop, 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
Peer reviewedWood, Richard E. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Describes how the use of stamps from francophone and other countries may be an adjunct to the teaching of French language and culture. (AM)
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Cultural Influences, Educational Media, Foreign Culture
Download full textGalt, Alan – 1977
This handbook demonstrates how to make and present travel slides for the language and culture course with maximum effectiveness. There are six basic rules for the teacher to follow: (1) fill the frame; (2) suppress your ego; keep yourself and your relatives out of your picture; (3) leave the audience wishing for more slides, not fewer; (4) vary…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Foreign Culture, Language Instruction, Material Development
Frost, Edgar L. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1977
Culture courses, currently popular, can bring increased enrollments to language departments. Presented here is an outline of some reasons for offering culture courses, teaching methods employed, and problems encountered. (CHK)
Descriptors: Area Studies, College Language Programs, Course Descriptions, Course Organization
Stanford Univ., CA. Stanford Program on International and Cross Cultural Education. – 1975
This unit is designed to introduce secondary or post-secondary students to the ancient art of Chinese calligraphy through step-by-step instructions on writing Chinese characters. Because each character is made up of a series of single brush strokes, it is believed that if students learn to recognize these as components of completed characters, the…
Descriptors: Chinese, Chinese Culture, Cultural Activities, Cultural Education
BROOKS, NELSON – 1966
IN DEVELOPING THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE, TEACHERS HAVE TOO OFTEN LIMITED THEIR OBJECTIVES TO HIGHLIGHTING CERTAIN "FORMAL" OR HUMANISTIC ASPECTS AND PRODUCTS OF THE FOREIGN CULTURE. HOWEVER, IF WE ARE TO DEVELOP FULL STUDENT AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION OF THE FOREIGN CULTURE, WE MUST ALSO DEVELOP THE CONCEPT OF CULTURE IN ITS…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Course Objectives, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context
Thornhill, Harold R., Jr. – 1990
An activity designed to introduce secondary students to the history, culture, and geography of India is presented. Students are asked to complete a four-page project, consisting of questions on travel to India. Students look at general and specific information about the country. (DB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Education, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture
Heinz, Elgin, Comp. – 1988
This document is a compilation of 30 lesson plans for teaching about Japan in elementary grades. Produced by "Japan Alumni," North American classroom teachers who became acquainted with Japanese society through a program of travel/study fellowships, the lessons are divided into the following categories: motivational activities, land and…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cultural Education, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Taylor, Irmgard C. – 1975
The new emphasis on combining language and culture teaching finds all teachers busy updating and improving their materials. However, feedback on how successful they are in their attempts is limited. Revealing insights into the image of Germany held by high school students can be gained from the 1974 and 1975 essays, written by applicants for the…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Cultural Education
Cote, Norman; And Others – Minneapolis Public Schools Foreign Language Newsletter, 1972
Outlines of suggested classroom activities for use in cross-cultural instruction are presented. The outlines for French, German, and Spanish classes require students to interact as participants in the target culture. Topics focus on greetings in the second language. The goals, activities, procedures, dialogue presentation, and cultural contrasts…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Education, Cultural Enrichment, Foreign Culture
Stanford Univ., CA. Stanford Program on International and Cross Cultural Education. – 1975
Cooperation is one of the central motivating forces in the economic and social organization of China. This unit utilizes a game called "Broken Squares" to initiate a discussion of the concepts of cooperation and competition as possible models for problem solving. In the game, students are confronted with a group task and provided with…
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, Cooperation, Cultural Activities, Cultural Education
Stanford Univ., CA. Stanford Program on International and Cross Cultural Education. – 1983
This guide is for educators who wish to improve existing curricular frameworks concerning teaching about world literature. The guide is anchored by four goal statements for student learning: (1) to increase students' appreciation of oral literary traditions as a means for better understanding themselves and others; (2) to examine the written…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Education, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Guides
Stanford Univ., CA. Stanford Program on International and Cross Cultural Education. – 1984
This guide is for educators who wish to improve existing curricular frameworks for teaching about world cultures. The guide is anchored by six goal statements for student learning: (1) to begin to understand that cultures are complex and are made up of many components (values, behavior, habitat, aesthetics, etc.); (2) to recognize the part…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Cultural Education, Cultural Influences
