Language and Cultural
Navigating the learner related cultural dynamics in english language teaching and learning in secondary schools in Kenya
... varied cultural backgrounds which pose challenges in teaching English language ...of cultural background in learning of second language, little research is available in Kenya on how the ...
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A study on ELT students’ cultural awareness and attitudes towards incorporation of target culture into language instruction
... and language are inseparable from each other as both in combination reflect shared cultural properties such as values, behaviours, and attitude inherent in the society we live and in language ...
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LANGUAGE A MEDIUM TO PROMOTE CULTURAL INTEGRATION
... of language to reflect culture and influence thinking was first proposed by an American linguist and anthropologist, Edward Sapir (1884–1939), and his student, Benjamin Whorf ...our language (Anderson & ...
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Developing Cultural Awareness: The Text Driven Approach as Evidence of a Good Language Teaching Practice
... develop cultural awareness is the course book and the materials used in ...the language learning process such as the development of cultural awareness that leads students to reflect on and make a ...
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Internet-Based Cultural Enrichment in the Polish Language Classroom
... intensive language study in-country where the “little-c” cultural component is inherent and immediate in an intensive language ...to language pedagogy and consists of thematic chapters ...
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Thai second language writing: the development of language knowledge and cross cultural influence
... their language use become more evident” (Tolchinsky, 2004, ...of language knowledge that are shared by members of a ...later language development will be born in mind when interpreting the results of ...
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The Relationship Between Cognitive Development and Language Learning in a Cross-Cultural Context: A Review of the Literature and its Implication
... Second language learning and aptitude vary considerably from individual to individual, and the level of proficiency achieved ranges widely from near-native fluency to bare minimum communicative ...second ...
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Language Platforms and the Internationalization of Cultural Industry
... foreign cultural exchanges, the Confucius Institute helps to reduce the cultural barriers between the two countries, which hinders the export of Chinese cultural products, but this effect is more ...
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The Language of Power and its Cultural Influence
... the cultural differences, we can state that there are clearly differences in pursuing power in Wikipedia between groups commu- nicating in English and Groups communicating in ...The cultural differences ...
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LANGUAGE A MEDIUM TO PROMOTE CULTURAL INTEGRATION
... Conclusion says that the teacher can make a good quality e-contents Keywords: E-content development, e-learning, instructional material, pedagogical analysis, instructional designs... Sc[r] ...
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Belgian Germans or East-Belgians?
... Outside the autonomous region, the use of German dialects is also disappearing. Only those residents speaking German dialects, who live near the Luxembourg border (and outside of the German-Belgian Communities) ...
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The dynamics of norm change in the cultural evolution of language
... Fig. 6 shows that typically the frequency of appearance of the old spelling in the case of formal regulation does not go to zero but rather, after a sudden drop, stabilizes on a plateau as if a small number of writers ...
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Cultural Content: An Analysis of EFL Textbook in Indonesia
... the cultural content in this book, 680 items are found from total 1352 ...of cultural dimensions are ...of cultural dimension was imbalance, this book discussed 16 aspects in cultural ...
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Cultural contrasts and commonalities in inspiring language teaching
... English language teaching in the state school systems in two Asian contexts, Guangzhou, China and Jakarta, Indonesia, using an online open-item survey which asked learners to nominate and describe inspiring ...
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Language use and maintenance among the Moroccan minority in Britain
... community‟s language use and ...of language use and maintenance does not rise to prominence with the present ...their language use? Lack of any comprehensive such studies on the Moroccan community, ...
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How do medical specialists value their own intercultural communication behaviour? A reflective practice study
... The aim of this reflective practice study was to explore how medical specialists experience intercultural commu- nication (ICC), how purposefully they practice ICC and what they identify as critical incidences within ...
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Understanding the Body Paragraph: A Handbook for EFL Teachers & Students
... inclusive language learning ...competence. Cultural competence is a prerequisite for appropriate and successful interactions with various institutions and ...and language skills required by both ...
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Cultural Competence in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language
... the language (qualification of the restraint or lack thereof by using polite forms or indicating politeness and good manners as values of the Polish culture, social meaning of getting onto first-name terms); ...
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LANGUAGE CHOICE USED BY CHINESE FAMILY IN LANGSA
... the language choice used by Chinese family in Langsa, the phenomenon that has long been seen in Chinese families: having tendency to choose Indonesian as the second language in their families even though ...
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An investigation of approaches to the teaching and learning of English as a second language in early years settings.
... the cultural make-up of the individual schools; the majority were of South Asian origin with those from Eastern Europe and Africa also ...the cultural context of the interviews, that the participants were ...
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