Moving Beyond Language: Awareness of Efl Learners in Target Language Culture

Höl, Devrim; Erarslan, Ali

doi:10.12955/cbup.v3.620

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“…Devrim and Bayyurt (2010) have revealed that students want to see cultural elements from both the target language culture as well as from the local culture in foreign language classrooms and materials. This automatically leads to a healthy class environment, and will improve the student's likelihood of success (Hol & Erarslan, 2015). Dweik & Al-Sayyed (2015) and Jabeen & Shah (2012) back this, but from the angle of Islamic societies, whereby they found that students want to see elements pertaining to Islamic culture in their language-learning materials.…”

Section: Culture Teaching In Eltmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Qualitative Exploration of Students' Experiences With Acquiring Culture During Foreign Language Instruction

Gözpinar

2018

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Language teachers ought to give their students a sound grounding in what is known as the five C's-communication, communities, cultures, connections, and comparisons-in addition to the classic four basic language skills. This study examines how first-year Turkish students currently enrolled in a culture course at Giresun University view culture-focused courses, and how much cultural training they had received (if any) in high school prior to entering university. This study is qualitative in nature, and provides information by using multiple sources of data. The fact of the matter is that their high school teachers focused more on grammar and avoided culture due to the constraints of both time and of an exam-oriented education system. Regarding the benefits, the course has pushed them to examine the relationship between language and culture, offered a reason to study the target language, and made the learning process real. It takes patience and effort in order to convince youth of the necessity of languages, as well as to make them better aware of, and to dispel their prejudices towards other cultures. The study also provides recommended practices that can encourage educators to implement during foreign language instruction.

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Section: Culture Teaching In Eltmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Qualitative Exploration of Students' Experiences With Acquiring Culture During Foreign Language Instruction

Gözpinar

2018

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Integrating Culture in Language Classrooms

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Khalil

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Innovative Practices in Teacher Preparation and Graduate-Level Teacher Education Programs

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Language and culture go hand in hand. Naturally, they are intertwined and inseparable from one another. Therefore, language teachers who are teaching the language itself also need to recognize the importance of integrating culture in their teaching practices and raise the awareness of the learners about the culture that the target language belongs to. In light of these observations, the present chapter aims to find out whether technology is an effective tool to integrate culture in language classrooms as well as identify the perceptions of teachers and students about learning and teaching the target language through culture. The participants were 153 students and 26 teachers enrolled in a language preparatory program at a public university in Turkey. While the quantitative data were collected through the Target Culture Knowledge Test, the qualitative data were collected by means of in-depth interviews in semi-structured design. The results of the study revealed that technology (i.e., videos) is an effective tool to provide students with background information about the target culture. The findings also reported positive perceptions towards learning and teaching the target language through culture. Based on the findings, this study can contribute to the program developers and teacher educators for the development of quality in teaching and learning in language preparatory programs.

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Moving Beyond Language: Awareness of Efl Learners in Target Language Culture

Cited by 2 publications

References 5 publications

A Qualitative Exploration of Students' Experiences With Acquiring Culture During Foreign Language Instruction

A Qualitative Exploration of Students' Experiences With Acquiring Culture During Foreign Language Instruction

Integrating Culture in Language Classrooms

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