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* Exemple(s) relevant to the U.S


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* Exemple(s) relevant to the U.S.

  • * Exemple(s) relevant to the U.S.
  • Q: What would be some exemple(s) relevant to your target culture? (Starting with perspectives, for instance)
  • The 3 Ps Approach / Examples
  • Perspective/Value: Mobility/Independence
  • Products: Use of cars (symbols of mobility and independence); every apartment is fully equipped with kitchen appliances (fridge, stove, etc.); etc.

* Scott & Huntington (2000)

  • * Scott & Huntington (2000)
  • Research
  • . Level and quality of recollection of two groups of students who learned about Ivory Coast.
  • . One group studied a fact sheet and the other group studied a poem about colonialism in Côte d’Ivoire.
  • . The group that studied the fact sheet retained very little information about the Ivory Coast culture, whereas the group that read the poem showed a capacity to empathize with the personal history of the Ivory Coast people.

=> “An information-acquisition approach to culture may lack essential dimensions that help students to comprehend, internalize, and feel comfortable with [certain] social demands.”

  • => “An information-acquisition approach to culture may lack essential dimensions that help students to comprehend, internalize, and feel comfortable with [certain] social demands.”
  • Research / Wright, David (2000)
  • . Measured two ways of teaching about German culture in a beginning language course.
  • . One group (A) was taught following a constructivist, process-oriented approach.
  • . The other group (B) was taught following a knowledge-based approach.
  • . Group A experienced more positive results on several post-tasks that assessed their cultural sensibilities and their cross-cultural adaptability.
  • Some Useful Techniques
  • * Use of music/songs and dances
  • * Mini-lectures about a cultural aspect of the target culture (in L2, if possible)
  • * Study authentic materials: photos, pictures of ads, songs, video-clips, food items, red envelopes, films, movie-trailers, newspaper articles, magazines, slides, postcards, etc.
  • * Extension of TPR: Students act out some culture-related instructions given by the teacher (cf. table manners).

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