Bridging the Gap: Teaching Culture in the Foreign Language Classroom.

Autor/in	Posthofen, Renate S.
Titel	Bridging the Gap: Teaching Culture in the Foreign Language Classroom.
Quelle	(1994), (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Audiovisual Aids; Classroom Techniques; Communicative Competence (Languages); Cross Cultural Training; Cultural Education; Cultural Pluralism; Curriculum Development; Elementary Secondary Education; German; Instructional Materials; Media Selection; Second Language Instruction; Second Languages + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Audiovisuelles Medium; Klassenführung; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Interkulturelle Orientierung; Culture; Education; Kulturelle Bildung; Kulturelle Erziehung; Kulturpluralismus; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Deutscher; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Medienwahl; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Second language; Zweitsprache
Abstract	Because of the concern about declining German second language enrollments in the United States, there is a need for enhanced cultural education in the second language curriculum. Current global circumstances, including an increasingly multicultural society and widespread need for intercultural communicative competence, not just grammatical competence, suggest that the curriculum should include aspects of popular culture and de-emphasize "high" culture, an elitist and incomplete perspective. The presentation of such cultural information, a largely visual approach is appropriate, using photographs and video alongside audio materials. Further, use of advancing technology, particularly interactive media, to present audiovisual materials is necessary to link linguistic performance, communicative competence, and cultural awareness in the classroom. Guidelines for evaluation and selection of instructional materials are drawn from the literature of second language teaching. Extensive notes contain approximately 17 references. (MSE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01