Culture bound : bridging the cultural gap in language teaching

By - VALDES, Joyce Merrill

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [Cambridgeshire], 1986

ISBN 13 - 9780521310451

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Language and culture

Shelf No - 21

Call Number - 418.007 CUL

Physical Description - xi, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes - Includes Bibliography and Index

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Culture Bound is designed to give language teachers a basis for introducing a cultural component into their teaching. The articles give a perspective on how language and culture interact and explore in particular the difference between interacting with another culture and entering it: language students are encouraged to understand the new culture without necessarily embracing it. This selection brings together representative practical and theoretical material written by a variety of scholars and teachers in the field. The essays are organized under three headings: language, thought, and culture; cultural differences and similarities; and classroom applications. --From publisher's description

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