Cultural awareness & the EFL classrooms
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This document discusses intercultural learning and the importance of understanding one's own culture and other cultures. It states that being culturally aware is a fundamental part of learning a foreign language. Intercultural learning involves looking at one's own culture from an outside perspective and understanding other cultures from their own point of view. The document provides suggestions for incorporating cultural aspects into language lessons, such as using films, newspapers, role plays and projects. It also lists communicative functions and values of English-speaking cultures that teachers should be aware of in order to effectively educate students about language and culture.
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This document discusses strategies for successful cross-cultural communication. It begins by defining culture and explaining how culture shapes communication styles. It then examines factors like high and low context cultures, verbal and nonverbal differences across cultures, and how misunderstandings can easily occur. The document provides tips for improving cross-cultural interactions, such as learning about other cultures, removing language barriers, being respectful of different styles, and employing strategies like slowing down, avoiding slang, and checking meanings. Overall, the document emphasizes the importance of cultural awareness and sensitivity for effective cross-cultural communication.
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The document discusses communication in multicultural settings. It defines different types of intercultural communication like interracial, interethnic, international, and intracultural. It also discusses challenges like cultural differences, lack of shared knowledge or beliefs, and differences in communication styles between high-context and low-context cultures. The document emphasizes the importance of understanding intercultural communication and enhancing intercultural competence to communicate effectively across cultures.
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Cultural awareness refers to understanding differences between one's own culture and others, especially regarding attitudes and values. There are several levels of cultural awareness, from only recognizing one's own culture as valid to recognizing that different cultures can both complement each other and create new solutions. Key aspects of cultural awareness include being aware of one's own cultural influences, avoiding judging others, understanding variability within cultures, and increasing knowledge of different cultural practices through training. Managing cultural diversity requires recognizing and not fearing differences, suspending judgments, developing empathy, and building cultural knowledge.
Sociocultural factors (1)
This document discusses several sociocultural factors that influence language acquisition, including culture, attitudes, social distance between cultures, and the relationship between language and thought. It addresses how stereotypes form from our cultural environment, the stages of acquiring a second culture, and parameters of social distance between cultures like dominance, integration, and congruence of beliefs. The document also suggests teachers should be sensitive to different cultural perspectives and promote understanding between cultures in the classroom.
Importance of language
The document discusses several aspects of language and culture, including:
1) The importance of language in communication and connecting with others.
2) Cultural relativism, the idea that cultural beliefs should be understood within their own cultural context rather than being judged against others.
3) How learning about and respecting other cultures involves educating oneself about their ideals and meaningful activities.
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This document summarizes three main ways to promote intercultural communication competence: 1) Know yourself and the target culture by understanding your own culture, attitudes, and communication style as well as the other culture's language, values, and taboos. 2) Be objective by avoiding ethnocentrism, stereotypes, and prejudices. 3) Communicate actively by considering the communication setting, showing respect and tolerance, developing empathy, and being open and flexible. The overall goal is to achieve effective and mutually beneficial intercultural communication.
Exploring culture
The document provides tips for teachers to help students explore culture in their language learning. It discusses defining culture, making students aware of how culture impacts their lives, highlighting visible and hidden aspects of culture, showing how cultures can value the same things differently, explaining how culture works using dimensions like individualism/collectivism, and building awareness of cultural adjustment stress. The overall goal is for students to develop cultural understanding and competence.
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