Culture and foreign language education : insights from research and implications for the practice

The teaching of culture and interculturality is today viewed as an integral part of foreign language education. This book presents insights from recent research on the role of culture in second/foreign and heritage language education. It contains 14 chapters including an introductory chapter that discusses diachronically the evolving notion of culture and how the sociocultural view of culture as a complex and dynamic concept informs language teaching and language learning research. The chapters following the introduction are organised in four parts focusing on: 1) the teacher's role in integrated language and culture learning; 2) the interrelationship between culture, identity, and language learning and use; 3) the effect of culture on learner characteristics which impact language learning processes and outcomes; and 4) curriculum development aimed at fostering language and culture learning. The chapters in Parts 1 to 3 present contributions from current research - either in the form of the authors' original studies or comprehensive reviews of relevant essential research - which bears important implications for curricular practice in foreign language and language teacher education. This close link between research, theory and practice is also maintained in the two chapters in Part 4, which present developmental projects based on well-grounded theoretical frameworks. This Book Offers Insights From Current Research On The Role Of Culture In Foreign Language Learning As Well As The Construction Of Culture And Identity Through Language Learning And Use. It Presents Original Empirical Studies And Theoretical Discussions Which Bear Important Implications For Curricular Practice In Language Education, As Well As Accounts Of Developmental Projects For Integrated Foreign Language And Culture Learning. Preface; Contents; Chapter 1. Culture And Foreign Language Education: An Introduction To The Book; Part 1. The Role Of The Teacher In Integrated Language And Culture Learning; Chapter 2. Culture In Foreign Language Learning -- The Implications For Teachers And Teacher Training; Chapter 3. Pre-service Teachers Discovering Intercultural Enquiry In Language Classroom Discourse; Chapter 4. Exploring The Intercultural In Australian Community Languages Teaching; Chapter 5. Critical Thinking, (inter)cultural Awareness And Pedagogical Dilemmas: Stories Of Three University Teachers In Indonesia Part 2. Culture, Identity And Languagechapter 6. First, Second, Third Place And Beyond: Reflection On A Philosophy Of Self & Identity For Intercultural Language Teaching; Chapter 7. Growing Up In Hawai'i As Japanese Heritage Language Speakers: Language, Culture And Identity; Chapter 8. Identities And Languages: Two Stories Of Multilingual Development; Chapter 9. The Construction Of Cultural Difference Through Negotiating Participation: Learning-as-participation In An English-medium College In Japan; Part 3. Culture And Learner Characteristics Chapter 10. Motivational Changes And Their Affecting Factors Among Students From Different Cultural Backgroundschapter 11. Significant Others In Influencing Chinese Efl Students' Learning Strategy Use: From A Sociocultural Perspective; Chapter 12. Cultural Learning Styles -- Is There Such A Thing?; Part 4. Curriculum Development For Language And Culture Learning; Chapter 13. Learning Language And Culture Through Video Clips: An Action Research Study; Chapter 14. Shifting Paradigms: A Model For The Integrated Assessment Of Language And Culture; Authors And Their Affiliations; Index Edited By Wai Meng Chan, Sunil Kumar Bhatt, Masanori Nagami, Izumi Walker. Papers Presented At Clasic 2012 (5th Centre For Language Studies International Conference) Held December 4-6, 2012 At The National University Of Singapore. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Preface Contents Chapter 1. Culture and foreign language education: An introduction to the book Part 1. The role of the teacher in integrated language and culture learning Chapter 2. Culture in foreign language learning – The implications for teachers and teacher training Chapter 3. Pre-service teachers discovering intercultural enquiry in language classroom discourse Chapter 4. Exploring the intercultural in Australian community languages teaching Chapter 5. Critical thinking, (inter)cultural awareness and pedagogical dilemmas: Stories of three university teachers in Indonesia Part 2. Culture, identity and language Chapter 6. First, second, third place and beyond: Reflection on a philosophy of Self & Identity for intercultural language teaching Chapter 7. Growing up in Hawai‘i as Japanese heritage language speakers: Language, culture and identity Chapter 8. Identities and languages: Two stories of multilingual development Chapter 9. The construction of cultural difference through negotiating participation: Learning-as-participation in an English-medium college in Japan Part 3. Culture and learner characteristics Chapter 10. Motivational changes and their affecting factors among students from different cultural backgrounds Chapter 11. Significant others in influencing Chinese EFL students’ learning strategy use: From a sociocultural perspective Chapter 12. Cultural learning styles – “Is there such a thing?” Part 4. Curriculum development for language and culture learning Chapter 13. Learning language and culture through video clips: An action research study Chapter 14. Shifting paradigms: A model for the integrated assessment of language and culture Authors and their affiliations Index