Integrating Cultural Activities in the Foreing Language Classroom
Year: 1996
Type: article
Abstract: Due ro rhe inseparable narure of language and culrure and [he cornplexiries of inrerculrural cornrnunicarion rhe foreign language classroorn has becorne rhe best place ro help srudenrs develop culrural understanding and inrerculfural skills. Once foreign language reachers have accepted responsibiliy for preparing roday's srudenrs for roniorrow's complex world, rhey need ro increase rheir understanding of hvo relared quesrions: firsrly, whar rraining is necessary for rhe process of learning abour a culrure; secondly, how ro reach culrure by gradually building up skills. This arricle discusses rhe need for reachers ro rake inro accounr borh rhe process irself and rhe developmenr of a meaningful culrural curriculurn. Thereforepracrical acriviries will bepresenred which can help borh roprepare sruderirs for culrural rolerarice arid ro integrare skill-building acriviries iriro Foreign Language Teaching.
Author: Dagmar Scheu
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2149248055