Dear researchers, what cultural contents do you prefer to be integrated in English language classes and course books of EFL contexts?
your academic replies are of great contribution to my project.
Within every learning environment there is a prevailing culture that influences all the other components. In most learning environments, culture is often taken for granted or may be even beyond the consciousness of learners or even teachers. I will try to show why faculty, instructors and teachers should pay special attention to cultural factors, so that they can make conscious decisions about how the different components of a learning environment are implemented. Although the concept of culture may seem a little abstract at this stage, I will show how critical it is for designing an effective online learning environment,
What is a cultural element? Would you mind to elaborate? I do not understand!
I strongly believe that the following should be considered in guiding decisions relating to such an inquiry :
1) Awareness of the relation between home and target cultures
2) A critical confrontation with facts about a foreign culture rather than the mere consumption of information related to the target culture (C2)
3) Opportunities to relate the C2 with the C1 (What is it like in your country?) Unfavorable comparisons
4) Make the learners go beyond mere surface impressions and engage them in activities whereby stereotypes are challenged and their world view is altered or defamiliarized
5) To foster critical thinking, acknowledge and respect diversity and otherness
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