Richard M. Swiderski

Teaching Language, Learning Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

Whenever a new language is learned, a new culture is also learned. Swiderski provides instructive examples of language learning situations by describing multilingual events using more than twenty of the world's languages. All aspects of language learning from the physical environment of the classroom to the perceptions of events and emotions that languages express are considered. Australian aboriginal languages and Native American languages are analyzed to illustrate the world of differences of which English, Chinese, and Russian are also a part. The politics of language teaching and the effect of language policy in the classroom are brought out in concrete examples. This study will be of interest to language teachers and the general international community as well.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9780897893268
• ISBN-10: 0897893263
• Artikelnr.: 25614732

Autorenporträt

Richard M. Swiderski lives in San Rafael, California. He works as a consultant, and investigates civil rights complaints against employers for the state of California. He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1991. He lives in San Rafael, California.

Inhaltsangabe

The Cultural Context of Language Teaching Language and Culture The Presence
of Culture in the Language Classroom Transmitting Culture in the Language
Classroom Awareness of Culture: the Course Promoting Culture Learning
through Language Teaching Not the Whole Language But Enough: Lexical
Culture Forming and Using a Cultural Lexicon: English and Mayan Learning
and Not Learning Swahili Language as Cultural Utterances Language as
Cultural Pidgin: Another Tiny Nation The Size of Cultural Utterances: Ninja
Turtles Conditions of Cultural Learning: Cultural Conditions of Learning
Pedagogy of Cultural Utterance: Reading the Newspaper with Naoko Language
Ideas, Ideals, Ideologies: Japanese and English Reading Transcription
Discourse and Culture The Cultural Politics of Language Learning Language
Policy and Language Learning Language Teacher Training as Cultural
Conversion: Matesol Learning Kanji: A Cultural Politics of Reading
Lifetimes of Language Learning Across Cultures A Suggestopedia Love Story
Conclusion References