Implementing selected techniques in the intercultural approach in newspaper-based EFL lessons
Implementing selected techniques in the intercultural approach in newspaper-based EFL lessons
Data
2015
Autorzy
Pipska, Patrycja
Tytuł czasopisma
ISSN czasopisma
Tytuł tomu
Wydawca
Państwowa Szkoła Wyższa im. Papieża Jana Pawła II w Białej Podlaskiej
Streszczenie
As for many years foreign language courses have tended to focus on the linguistic
aspects of the English language, teaching culture was neglected in many
EFL settings. However, such phenomena as globalization, rising immigration
to the English-speaking countries or numerous opportunities for contact with
people who belong to a different cultural background create the need for including
culture into language courses. Despite this, many teachers of English
are still reluctant to incorporate the cultural component into their classrooms
and those who do integrate language and culture teaching prefer to focus on
factual knowledge. As a solution, glottodidactics proposes a new approach to
teaching culture that is called the intercultural approach which is not merely yet
another set of techniques and procedures used to teach culture. It is also a new
way of viewing culture and its place in language learning and teaching. The
present paper aims at presenting a two-week action research study conducted
by the author and based on implementing certain techniques recommended by
the intercultural approach to teach some aspects of the culture of Great Britain
through the medium of the newspapers.
Opis
Słowa kluczowe
English as a foreign language,
intercultural,
newspaper