Culture teaching

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Contents:
1. The importance of Culture in language teaching
2. Teaching culture without reconceptions
3. Instructional strategies for teaching language and culture
a) Authentic materials
b) Proverbs
c) Role play
d) Culture capsules
e) Students as Cultural Resources
f) Ethnographic Studies
g) Literature
h) Film
4. Solution
1. The importance of Culture in language teaching
• The forms and uses of a given language reflect the
cultural values of the society
• Language learners need to be aware of the culturally
appropriate wyas to communicate successfully
• Student need to be aware of linguistic anf cultural norms
in learning a language
2. Teaching culture without reconceptions
• Cultural information should be presented in a nonjudgmental
fashion
• Kramsch describe “ the third culture” is neutral speace that
learners can create and use to explore and relfect on learners'
and the target culture and language
• Teacher should give clues and background information about
object to learners-> incorporate the new information
• Teachers must allow students to observe and explore cultural
interactions
3. Instructional strategies for teaching language and
culture
a. Authentic materials
- Sources: films, newsbroadcasts, television
shows, web sites, photographs, magazines,
newspaper, restaurant, menus, travel
brochures and other printed materials
- Using of authentic materials should be
suited the age and laguange profiency level of
the students
Food in japan Food in America
Ex: “Sieu tri tue” of Chinese show,
the competition between US- Harry
from Harvard University and China-
Ton Dung from Thanh Hoa
University, the battle of counting
marbles
=> The discussion of the cultural
norms between US and China: values,
behavior, power distance, attitude,
cultural skills, so on
3. Instructional strategies for teaching language
and culture
b. Proverbs
• Using proverbs as a way to explore culture and provides a way
to analyze the stereotyoes, misperceptions, values...
=> How the proverbs are different from or similar to proverbs in
the students' native language
=> How differences might underscore historical and cultural
background
“Actions speak louder than words” is an English Idiomatic expression used to
demonstrate that what you do more significance than what you say
3. Instructional strategies for teaching
language and culture
c. Role play
- In role plays, students can act out a
miscommunication that is based on cultural
differences
1. Find the meaning of
OK gesture in 5
countries: US & UK,
Japan, Brazil, Russia
2. Create different
situations to demonstrate
the using of OK gesture
3. Explain the difference
How to teach children when they
don't obey
1. Create a situation: the child doesn't
obey mom
2. Create conversation between mom
and a child
3. Play role the situation according to
America culture and Vietnamese
culture
4. Identify the role of parents in
teaching children
5. Compare the difference and
similarity between America culture
and Vietnamese culture
3. Instructional strategies for teaching language
and culture
d. Cultural Capsules
- Students can be presented with objects ( tools, jewelry, images, art,
play, figurines...) that orginate from the target culture
- Student have to find infromation, conduct research, give clues, write a
brief, smmary, make an oral presentation about the item
=> Discuss larger cultural, historical, linguistic factors
=> Using culture capsules must be based on context