The chapters in this work all address the significance of the relationship between the aims and methods of language teaching and the contexts in which it takes place. Some do so by considering the implications of this for the ways in which we research language teaching. Others present the results of
Context and Culture in Language Teaching and Learning
β Scribed by Michael Byram (editor); Peter Grundy (editor)
- Publisher
- Multilingual Matters
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 111
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
The forces of globalisation and internationalisation influence the role and significance of language teaching and learning in classrooms. This affects the ways in which English is taught and learnt. This book explores the ways in which the contexts in which language teaching takes place impact on the aims and the methods of language teaching.
β¦ Table of Contents
Contents
Introduction: Context and Culture in Language Teaching and Learning
From Practice to Theory and Back Again
Carrying a Baby in the Back: Teaching with an Awareness of the Cultural Construction of Language
Autobiographical Contexts of Mono-Cultural and Bi-Cultural Students and their Significance in Foreign Language Literature Courses
Learning Culture by Communicating: NativeβNon-Native Speaker Telephone Interactions
Exporting Methodologies: The Reflective Approach in Teacher Training
βWe Would Have to Invent the Language we are Supposed to Teachβ: The Issue of English as Lingua Franca in Language Education in Germany
Teaching India in the EFL-Classroom: A Cultural or an Intercultural Approach?
European Communicative Integration: The Function of Foreign Language Teaching for the Development of a European Public Sphere
Context, Culture and Construction: Research Implications of Theory Formation in Foreign Language Methodology
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