Integrating Culture into Language Instruction

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Integrating Culture into Language Instruction

• STARTALK October, 2008

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Culture and language

• communicating, building relationships,
  accomplishing tasks in the language of that
  culture using that cultures set of rules.
• --Patrick Moran

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Characteristics
Provide experiences that have learners interact
with the language and culture
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Characteristics

• Provide opportunities for students to do
  something with what they have learned

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Characteristics

• Real-world projects based on student interests
  and choices

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Characteristics

• Culture Clubs for games, crafts, songs, dances,
  cooking lessons, movies, book discussions

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Characteristics

• Field trips restaurants, stores, neighborhoods,
  museums
• Community events celebrations, fairs

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Culture and Language Inseparable

• Interpersonal culturally appropriate
  interactions
• Interpretive sufficient knowledge of the target
  culture to understand culture-specific meanings
  of messages
• Presentational the conscious or subconscious
  understanding of what can be said/written to
  whom, how, and in what circumstances

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Culture and Language Inseparable