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Aspects of culture in second language acquisition and foreign language learning/ Janusz Arabski

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London: Springer, 2011.Description: viii, 291p. ill.; 22 cmISBN:
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Online resources: Summary: This chapter focuses on the role of English as a lingua franca in the development of intercultural understanding and communication. The following issues are discussed: first, problems involved in the definition of English as a lingua franca and understanding culture, secondly, the changing role of teaching English in Europe and its consequences for culture teaching, in the next parts, lingua franca use from sociocultural SLA theory perspectives, international research on foreign language teachers’ views on teaching culture, and finally,examples of literary tasks from an international educational project aiming at thedevelopment of intercultural understanding through ELF. http://172.20.27.22:4000/handle/123456789/17
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Includes references and bibliographical index.

This chapter focuses on the role of English as a lingua franca in the development of intercultural understanding and communication. The following issues are discussed: first, problems involved in the definition of English as a lingua franca and understanding culture, secondly, the changing role of teaching English in Europe and its consequences for culture teaching, in the next parts, lingua franca use from sociocultural SLA theory perspectives, international research on foreign language teachers’ views on teaching culture, and finally,examples of literary tasks from an international educational project aiming at thedevelopment of intercultural understanding through ELF.

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