developing cultural awareness in efl

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IntroductionA

Conclusion

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How to Develop CA in EFL ClassroomD

What is Cultural Awareness?B

Why We Need to Develop CA?C


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Understanding a language involves notonly the knowledge of grammar,

phonology, and lexis but also a certainfeatures and characteristics of theculture

To communicate internationally, it

involves communicating interculturallyas well.

Language is a part of culture andculture is a part of a language.


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Culture is an integral part of theinteraction between language andthought.

Valdes claims that cultural patterns,customs, and ways of life are expressed inlanguage! culture"speci#c world views are

re$ected in language.% &Valdes '()*+- Culture is inextricably and implicitly

related to language.% &Thanasoulas/00'+*


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Cultural 1wareness is a term used todescribe the sensitivity to the impact of

culturally induced behavior in languageuse and communication

2eveloping the learners3 culturalawareness in a language course, can

facilitate language ac4uisition too&Tomlinson and 5asuhara /00 .


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Cultural Awareness is thefoundation of communicationand it involves the ability ofstanding back from ourselvesand becoming aware of ourcultural values, beliefs andperceptions.Why do we do things in thatway? How do we see theworld? Why do we react in that

particular way?Cultural awareness becomescentral when we have tointeract with people from othercultures. People see, interpretand evaluate things in adierent ways.

By Stephanie Quappe and GiovannaCantatore


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Cultural awareness involves agradually developing inner sense ofthe e4uality of cultures, an increasedunderstanding of your own andother people’s cultures, and a positive interest in how culturesboth connect and dier .

6uch awareness can broaden the mind,increase tolerance and facilitateinternational communication.%&Tomlinson, /00', p. -


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Cultural awareness consists of perceptions of our ownand other people3s cultures. These perceptions are+

7 8nternal+ they develop in our minds

7 2ynamic+ they are constantly being added to andchanged7 Variable+ they are modi#ed from experience7 5ulti"dimensional+ they are represented through

sensory images &mental pictures, mentalconnections, and a9ective associations, as well as

through the inner voice7 8nteractive in that they connect with and inform

each otherTomlinson and Masuhara (2004)


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Cultural wareness is consciousnessof one:s personal cultural background.

!ntercultural wareness is the

consciousness of relating one3s culturewith another culture or other cultures.


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There are two very important reasons whywe need to develop cultural awareness.› ;irst, we can ac4uire a much deeper self"

knowledge when we are able to understand thebasis for our own beliefs, actions, and responsestoward others.

› 6econd, and even more important, we live in aworld in which there are myriad di9erent cultures

that inform the beliefs and behavior of others. Cultural awareness is the #rst step in

becoming pro#cient in working well withpeople from a variety of cultures.


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Cultural awareness is so important becauseit has a huge impact on communicationsand negotiations, especially within a

business environment.


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8ncorporating C1 into language instructionalmaterials or including cultural aspect intextbooks

Using cultural materials and techni4ues inteaching process. 5aterial helps the teacher create a

productive classroom environment. 1uthenticmaterial brings immediacy and relevance to

the proposed tasks. 1t the same time,meaningful learning tasks engage students indeveloping their own learning styles. =ro>ectsare ideal scenarios for the class to promotethe 8ntercultural competence.


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1s Tomlinson and 5asuhara&/00 statedthat, it is useful to include culturalawareness activities in a language course.

=erhaps one solution for such problems isto help language learners to learn thetarget culture within the syllabus.

&Tomlinson and 5asuhara /00


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=rofessor 1lvino ;antiniproposes four principles todevelop 8ntercultural1wareness+ awareness,attitude, skill and knowledge.

?ere is "H# $%P&'!() whose centralpart is awareness of oneself,awareness of one3s culture,

and the target language. Thefour dimensions areinterrelated and indispensablefor intercultural competence.


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8n order to apply C1 1pproach, Tomlinson and5asuhara &/00 recommend the followingprocedures+

'. 6tart and #nish an activity in the minds of the

learners &e.g. by getting them to think about anexperience in their own culture before providingthem with a similar one in another culture! bygetting them to @translate3 a new experience inanother culture into an e4uivalent experience intheir own culture

/. =rovide cultural encounters &e.g. through visits,video, songs, literature, simulations

A. ;acilitate connections between the old and the new&e.g. by encouraging the learners to constantlythink of comparable personal experiences


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. 6timulate multi"dimensional representationof cultural experiences &e.g. throughvisualiBation and inner voice activities

-. =rovide focused discovery activities whichguide the learners to #nd out things forthemselves

*. Contribute your personal interpretations but

don3t provide them as de#nitive answers. Contribute your personal experiences of

other cultures


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?ere are several activities proposed by Tomalinand 6templeski &'(( for teacher who wantsto increase C1 and to promote Cross Cultural

8nteraction in the Dnglish classroom+'. EecogniBing cultural image and symbols

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Work in teams

Look at the picture & pieces of information

Say the name of the place


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3. It is located in New York

Harbor.

. It is a !ift of friendship

from the people of "ranceto the people of the #nited

States.

$. It is a symbol of freedom

and of the #S.

%. It was desi!ned by the

"rench sculptor artholdi' incollaboration with the "rench

en!ineer (iffel.

he Statue of Liberty


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Work in pairs

)iscussin! the custom listed in the task sheet'indicatin! whether each practice is the same ordifferent in your culture.

*eport your answer to the class.


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Cultural awareness recogniBes that we areall shaped by our cultural background,which in$uences how we interpret the

world around us, perceive ourselves andrelate to other people.

Gou don:t need to be an expert in everyculture or have all the answers to beculturally aware! rather, cultural awarenesshelps you to explore cultural issues withyour care recipients more sensitively.


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Dvery language has its cultural norms, some of whichcan be completely di9erent and con$ict with othercultures3 norms.

Conse4uently, communication problems may ariseamong language users who do not know or share the

norms of other cultures. The ac4uisition of Dnglish as a ;oreign Language or

second language is actually the ac4uisition of a secondculture, therefore Teachers should make the learnerslearn about the cultures and why certain things happenin other cultures.

They should not try to make their learners think orbecome like people in the cultures presented. Theyshould not give the idea that one:s own culture is betterthan the target culture or vice versa. They shouldpoint out that cultures dier.


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A. The D6L Culture 8ssue 1gain% byHrenda Townsend ?all, =h2 &www.esl"


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