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16. A Teacher’s Guide to Culture : - Exploring Teacher’s Guides
Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Sammanfattning : This paper is the result of a critical review of two Teacher’s Guides aimed at English 5 (the first year) in Swedish upper secondary schools. The aim was to investigate, with a pragmatic approach, how cultural representations are epitomised in the guidance materials: Progress Gold and Professional as well as how those representations correlate to the fundamental values of the curriculum for the upper secondary school. LÄS MER
17. Teachers’ perception of the concept of intercultural competence in teaching English
Magister-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenSammanfattning : Intercultural competence (IC) as an essential part of conceptualization of the cultural dimension in FLT has been promoted by educationalists as the most preferred type of competence. One of the challenges of incorporating IC into FLT is to move from the recognition of IC as a model of teaching (Byram, Nichols and Stevens, 2001) to the development of practical applications. LÄS MER
18. Multiculturalism and literature in the English classroom. A Swedish perspective
Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerSammanfattning : The Swedish curriculum of English states that one of the main goals in the subject is ‘the ability to discuss and reflect on living conditions, social issues and cultural features in different contexts and parts of the world where English is used’ (Skolverket, 2011, p 2). However, how this goal can or should be achieved is unclear, and this paper investigates whether multicultural literature could be useful. LÄS MER
19. Culture in Language Education; Secondary Teachers’ and Pupils’ Views of Culture
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)Sammanfattning : Prior research in the field of culture and language education depicts the close relation between language and culture. Furthermore, such research emphasises that in order to understand and to be able to use a language properly, one needs to acknowledge that language is culture. LÄS MER
20. What Culture? : Cultural representations in English as a foreign language textbooks
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, Högskolan Dalarna/EngelskaSammanfattning : Teaching the cultural aspect of foreign language education is a complex and sometimes difficult task, especially since English has become an international language used in different settings and contexts throughout the world. Building on the idea that the spread of the English language and its international status in the world has made English an important school subject to develop students’ cross-cultural and intercultural awareness, this paper has studied what research reveals about the influence this has had on cultural representations in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) textbooks. LÄS MER