This study collects 11 high-school EFL conversation textbooks used in Korea and sees how the textbooks teach culture since language learning is closely tied to culture learning (Kramsch, 2002). Conversation materials are chosen because socio-cultural values and norms are best acquired during the process of interaction (Scollon & Scollon,…

This Kiribati communication and culture handbook presents 40 situations in which the volunteer is likely to be involved in the Gilbert Islands, and establishes classroom activities that require the students to exchange messages in a way that is appropriate to the cultural context. Most of the lessons are divided into "basic material" and…

This textbook is designed to satisfy the linguistic needs of law enforcement personnel in the United States who deal with Spanish-speaking communities. The text is adaptable to individualized and self-paced programs. The material stresses career-oriented, "need-to-know" Spanish, relevant cultural awareness materials, practical role-playing…

This textbook is designed to satisfy the linguistic needs of medical and paramedical personnel who deal with Spanish-speaking individuals. It is adaptable to individualized and self-paced programs. The material stresses career-oriented "need-to-know" Spanish, relevant cultural awareness materials, practical role-playing exercises and task…

The textbook is designed to satisfy the linguistic needs of law enforcement personnel who deal with monolingual Spanish speakers. The goal of the text is to enable the student to communicate in Spanish. The material stresses career-oriented "need-to-know" Spanish, relevant cultural awareness materials, practical role-playing exercises…

The textbook is designed to satisfy the linguistic needs of nursing personnel who deal with monolingual Spanish speakers. The goal of the text is to enable the student to communicate in Spanish. The material stresses career-oriented "need-to-know" Spanish, relevant cultural awareness materials, practical role-playing exercises, and task…

The textbook for a course in basic Pashto contains seven instructional units, each consisting of five lessons. Each lesson contains a list of objectives, a review of previously learned words and sentences on which the new lesson is based, new vocabulary, a dialogue, pronunciation exercises, exercises in sentence structure, activities to encourage…

The textbook tapescripts for a course in basic Pashto are transcriptions of tapes that accompany the basic text. The tapescript for each of the course's 35 lessons includes listening and speaking exercises on material in the parallel textbook lesson. Lesson topics include information on the Pashtuns, classroom communication and behavior,…

Papers from the conference include the following: "Activites orales et motivation dans l'etude du vocabulaire d'une langue etrangere (Oral Activities and Motivation in the Study of Vocabulary in a Foreign Language)" (M. Guisset); "Bridging High School and College Classes through the Multicultural Approach: The Case of Francophone…