Language Culture and Curriculum · 1988 · 130 citations · 7 references
EducationAnthropologyCultural StudiesCultural AnthropologyCultureLanguage EducationCultural Studies EducationCulturally Relevant TeachingLanguage Teacher EducationLanguage TeachingCultural Studies IntegrationForeign Language InstructionForeign Language PedagogyIntercultural AwarenessSociocultural Learning
The paper discusses basic definitional and theoretical issues about the role of cultural studies in foreign language teaching. The study aims to identify key areas and needs for further work in cultural studies, such as definition, didactics, teaching methodology, assessment, conceptualisation of culture, research guidelines, and teacher training. The authors examine assumptions of existing cultural studies approaches and propose a social anthropological framework to guide further research and teacher training. The paper critiques the tourist‑consumer model and minimalist cultural studies approaches and presents a theoretical model for cultural studies.
Abstract Some basic definitional and theoretical issues concerning the role of cultural studies in foreign language teaching are discussed. The paper is critical of the tourist‐consumer model of intercultural contact and of the agnostic or minimalist approaches to cultural studies often associated with allegedly culture‐free classifications of language functions. Assumptions of some existing approaches to cultural studies are examined. Four key areas for further work on cultural studies are identified, (1) definition, (2) didactics, (3) teaching methodology, and (4) assessment. Three needs of cultural studies are discussed, (1) an adequate conceptualisation of human culture in social and psychological terms, for which the paper proposes a social anthropological approach, (2) guidelines for research, and (3) a programme of teacher training. The paper concludes with a theoretical model of cultural studies.
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