Teaching and Learning Language and Culture

Michael Byram, Carol Morgan

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Year: 1994
• Print ISBN: 9781853592119, 9781853592126
• eBook ISBN: 9781800418158
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Teaching Language Arts
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

The recognition that cultural learning is an integral part of foreign language learning is quickly taking hold among language teachers. This book offers a practical introduction to the issues by providing descriptions of classroom practice, of curriculum innovation and of experimental courses. These are accompanied by chapters on principles of methodology, on problems in assessing cultural learning and on the implications for teacher education and society at large. Michael Byram is the author of several books on language learning and culture, including Cultural Studies in Foreign Language Education (1988), and Investigating Cultural Studies in Foreign Language Teaching (1991).

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 Developing a Theory of Language-and-Culture Learning
• 2 Methodology and Methods
• 3 Teachers for Language-and-Culture
• 4 Principles in Practice: Illustrative Case Studies
• 5 Assessing Cultural Learning
• 6 The Wider Context
• References
• Appendix I
• Appendix II
• Appendix III
• Appendix IV: 'French Day'
• Appendix V: Exercises for Testing Knowledge
• Appendix VI
• Appendix VII
• Appendix VIII
• Index