Teaching Culture in EFL Classrooms

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Teaching Culture in EFL Classrooms

• Naima Leghtas

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1- What is culture ?
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2- Why is it important to teach Culture ?In
order to communicate efficiently and
meaningfully, students should know about

• Role expectations that affect how people speak
  and behave.
• the culturally conditioned images people have in
  mind.
• Interrelated cultural patterns which support
  needs satisfaction.
• Curiosity about the target culture and empathy
  towards its people raise students interest in
  learning that language.

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• I- Culture capsules example of Moroccan wedding
  ceremony

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TaskDescribe your countrys traditional wedding
ceremony focusing on the following cultural
aspects . Present your work on transparencies
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II- CRITICAL INCIDENTS

• SITUATION
• Mr. and Mrs. Smith have five children between
  the ages 10 and 20. Mr. Smiths mother has lived
  in the same town as the Smiths all of their
  lives. Mr. Smiths father died several years
  before. Mr. Smiths mother had an accident and
  breaks her hip. She needs to have care everyday.
  The Smiths have a very small home but they could
  host the grand mother if some of the children
  double up in the bedrooms.
• Task
• In group discuss what should the Smiths do and
  why basing your answer on your cultures beliefs
  and values. Report to other groups your ideas.

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III- culturgrams Name that country

• Most women in this country cover their hair and
  most of their bodies except their faces and
  hands in loose-fitting garments.
• In this country men and women do not have
  physical contact in public with the exception of
  married or engaged couples who may walk arm in
  arm.
• This countrys dedication to the cultural art is
  internationally recognized. Films and TV
  programming are particularly notable.
• Most of the population of this country is Muslim.
  However, it was among the first nations visited
  by the Apostle Mark and Christianized within
  three centuries.
• It has a long river that crosses the country from
  the north to the south.
• Task
• write a culturgram about a country you wish to
  visit. Give your partners cues to guess what it
  is.

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What can these activities about culture bring to
our students ?

• Demonstrate Curiosity and empathy towards people
  of the target culture encourages them to learn
  that language
• Understand role expectations, social needs and
  images evoked while interacting.
• language ability and cultural sensitivity
  develop global understanding and well being of
  any country.

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How can a fish know what water is when it has
never been out of it