How To Enhance Intercultural Understanding in the Foreign Language Classroom.

Autor/in	Angelini, Eileen M.
Titel	How To Enhance Intercultural Understanding in the Foreign Language Classroom.
Quelle	(1995), (23 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Business Administration Education; Business Communication; Class Activities; Cultural Awareness; French; Higher Education; Intercultural Communication; International Trade; Language Role; Languages for Special Purposes; Linguistic Borrowing; Reading Comprehension; Second Language Instruction; Vocabulary Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Unternehmenskommunikation; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Französisch; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Trade; International relations; Handel; Internationale Beziehungen; Sprachhandlungsfähigkeit; Lehnwort; Leseverstehen; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Wortschatzarbeit
Abstract	Current and innovative instructional materials and techniques for developing intercultural understanding in international business administration students are discussed, drawing on a seminar on French business language instruction. A group of classroom activities concerning the adoption of English words into the French language, which can be adapted in foreign language or cross-cultural education, are described. Two preliminary activities demonstrate that intercultural understanding is a two-way process, often requiring some historical knowledge. Following these activities, students are given a current events exercise to reinforce the constant necessity for intercultural understanding. In this exercise, articles written from both American and French points of view are examined, and the issues are debated. Three activities based on the articles' lexicon follow. The French article on which the activities are based, and related English articles, are appended. (MSE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01