Teachers enrich their own cultural awareness first, then explore native and foreign cultures through authentic settings¶

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Description¶

The article recommends that language teachers first enrich their own cultural awareness and then their students', and that the best way to train intercultural speakers is to explore native and foreign cultures through invasions into authentic settings such as films, books, customs and traditions, raising awareness of the target culture and of the learners' own. It also proposes treating culture as another skill taught within the classroom micro-culture, alongside reading, speaking, writing and listening.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• The teacher must model cultural awareness before expecting it of students

Constraints¶

• Grounded in the EFL teacher-education context of this study

Target Learners¶

• EFL teachers and pre-service teachers

Target Learning Goals¶

• intercultural competence
• cultural sensitivity

Related Strategies¶

• Developing Cultural Awareness
• Use experiential intercultural training methods such as simulations, role-playing and critical incidents to encounter perceptual and value differences

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Șchiopu, L. (2018). Integrating metacognition and critical thinking skills in the exploration of culture in EFL classroom. Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2(3), 181-191. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1301134