The book is good for understanding how culture is carried out in the practices of language teaching and learning. One of the topics exposed is Byram’s proposal of integrating language and culture in one process, so the teachers will acquire the elements simultaneously.
One of the topics exposed is Byram’s proposal of integrating language and culture in one process
In Byram’s article we can learn some promising proposals in carrying out culture in language teaching. Decades ago, culture was usually neglected in the process, that the students merely acquired new language structures into their mind without considering the culture of the L2 speakers.
In the further development, it feels some necessity in integrating cultures in LTT, but many still find the best ways to do that. This article which is put in the first section of the book gives us good insight about the topic.
Other titles are also worth reading such as Buttjes’ article about mediating languages and cultures, developing research-based theories of internal communication and many other topics related to language and culture teaching. []
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