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Valdes, Mario E. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
The author offers his observations on how the language learner achieves a full command of a second language in its sociocultural context. (PP)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Culture, Language Instruction
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Brooks, Nelson – Foreign Language Annals, 1965
An attempt is made to define and describe culture for foreign language teachers, particularly those involved in the earlier phases of instruction. Reasons advanced for the inclusion of culture in language study center around the light it sheds on the real meanings of the target language. Projects, activities, and reports on culture in the language…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context
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Santoni, Georges V. – French Review, 1976
This article stresses the need for combining language instruction and cultural education, and outlines a teaching model designed to accomplish this goal. (Text is in French.) (CLK)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Education, Cultural Traits, French
de Valdes, Maria-Elena – 1976
A systematic cultural plan applied to the second language textbook will not produce riches overnight, but it is a solid beginning that might be expanded when the teacher has the opportunity for further research or an increase in budget for the purchase of cultural modules. The key word in this proposal is "system." Teachers can, and do, add…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development
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
Richardson, Constance – 1976
There are a variety of methods to impart the cultural setting of a foreign language. The teacher can use, among other things, cultural assimilators, films, mini-dramas, culture capsules, background lectures, and native-speaking class visitors. This last technique can be extremely effective but difficult to arrange and difficult to control once it…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Cultural Education, Cultural Traits
Hall, Ruth Wellman – 1970
This teacher's guide to cultural instruction at level 2 integrates materials derived from several sources. The guide is based on: (1) suggestions from "French for Secondary Schools," New York State Education Department; (2) general information concerning the geography, products, industries, regions, cities of France, the French Union, and the city…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Education, Educational Objectives
Nostrand, Howard L.; And Others – 1970
Twenty chapters of commentary on the filmed poetry recitation of Pierre Viala concentrate on developing insight into the cultural and social background of French language and literature. Suggestions for teaching the poems are followed by discussion of possible elements of a plan for teaching a poem and remarks about a "backward build-up" technique…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Expressive Language
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Howard, Larry M.; Loew, Helene Z. – 1969
This teacher's guide to cultural instruction in a level-1 German course is designed to be used with the text "Deutsch, Erstes Buch, Erster Teil." Instructional observations pertain to the first eight lessons of the text and comprise the major portion of this text including: (1) die Post, (2) Munchen, (3) Sport in Deutschland, (4) die deutschen…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Education, German
Oetiker, Rosemary – 1970
This teacher's guide to cultural instruction in a level-2 German course is designed to be used with the text "Deutsch, Erstes Buch, Erster Teil." Instructional observations pertain to the seventh through the 12th lessons and comprise the major portion of this text including: )1) die Eisenbahn, (2) Reisen und Essen in Deutschland, (3) die Familie,…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Education, Geography
Glaude, Paul M. – 1970
The problem of teaching culture in language classes is reflected in the criticism directed to the current Part 4 section of the Regents foreign language examination given in the State of New York. This paper, the result of a panel discussion on culture, proposes changes in the examinations and proposes new directions in the study of culture.…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background
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
Lertora, Luis H. – 1970
This report integrates instructional materials and concepts on the teaching of culture in foreign language classes in three major areas. Part 1 deals with the description of sociocultural concepts of Spanish peoples with emphasis on the basic features of Latin American Culture including: (1) the family, (2) family events, (3) social peculiarities,…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Cultural Interrelationships
Ladu, Tora Tuve – 1969
Stating that man's intellectual and spiritual horizons need to be expanded through educational programs and approaches in cross-cultural understanding, the author claims that a greater world perspective is attained through the study of social studies, foreign language, English, fine arts, and science, particularly in interdisciplinary programs.…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context
Skoczylas, Rudolph V. – 1972
This study constructs and applies an evaluation model to determine if bilingually instructed children in a particular educational program suffer a loss in linguistic, academic, or cognitive growth, and determines whether their self-image and attitudes toward the two salient ethnolinguistic groups are less favorable than those of their…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Cognitive Development
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