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Guiding students in the 21st century is hard, skilled work, acrros all disciplines. In this web page, you will find helpful resources to understand how current students need to be taught either a second or a foreign language with a CULTURAL component. The information gattered here it can be applied to all levels of lerning at any age. Teachers can use this information in high schools, univiersities, and any kind of education due to culture is part of any subject.

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"Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things." Flora Lewis

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"Language is not a genetic gift, it is a social gift. Learning a new language is becoming a member of the club – the community of speakers of that language." Frank Smith

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Everything you need 

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RESEARCHES

  • The cultural component of language teaching. Claire Kramsch (1995),

  • Culture in foreign language teaching Claire. Kramsch (2012).

  • Teaching Language in Context, Second Edition, and Teaching Language in Context--Workbook. Hadley, Alice Omaggio; Reiken, Elizabeth (1993).

  • Context and Culture in Language Teaching and Learning. Mike Byram &Peter Grundy (2010).

READINGS
  • Context and Culture in Language Teaching by Claire Kramsch
  • An Intercultural Approach to English Language Teaching by Prof. John Corbett
  • The Importance of Language and Culture in the L2 Classroom by Ian Akbar
  • Intercultural Responsiveness in the Second Language Learning Classroom edted by Jones, Kathryn, Mixon, Jason R.
VIDEOS

  • Teaching Culture - International TEFL Academy

  • Bringing Cultural Richness to the World Languages Classroom

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LESSON PLANS
 TIPS TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS  BUILD CULTURE AWARENESS

  • Have students articulate their own definition of culture 

  • Raise culture to a conscious level.

  • Point out the hidden aspects of culture.

  • Show how cultures may value the same thing differently.

  • Help students understand how culture works.

  • Build awareness about stress caused by cultural adjustment. 

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