Cultural Studies and Language Learning
A Research Report
Published on 14. February 1991
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-1-85359-089-4 (ISBN)
Description
This is an account of a major research project which studies the contribution of foreign language teaching to learners' perceptions of and attitudes towards the people and way of life whose language they are learning. Teaching and learning in the secondary school were investigated by qualitative and quantitative methods over a 3-year period. The analysis models the many intra- and extra-school influences and sources of information and relationship of language teaching to other factors in learners' environment. By comparing these cases with an ideal model of language and culture teaching, the book points the way towards modification and improvement of existing practices.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Channel View Publications Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
655 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85359-089-4 (9781853590894)
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Michael Byram is Professor Emeritus at Durham University, England. Having studied languages at Cambridge University, he taught French and German in school and adult education and then did teacher education at Durham. He was adviser to the Language Policy Division of the Council of Europe and then on the expert group which produced the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture. His research has included the education of minorities, foreign language teaching and intercultural competence, and more recently on how the PhD is experienced and assessed in a range of different countries.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Context of Research: Defining the Topic and Developing the Design
2. Pupils' Perceptions of Other Cultures
3. Pupils' Attitudes towards Foreign People
4. Sources of and Influences on Pupils' Perceptions and Attitudes
5. The Effect of French Teaching-Observations in the Classroom
6. Models of Cultural Studies Teaching and Learning
7. From 'Pure' Research to Curriculum Development
Appendices
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Context of Research: Defining the Topic and Developing the Design
2. Pupils' Perceptions of Other Cultures
3. Pupils' Attitudes towards Foreign People
4. Sources of and Influences on Pupils' Perceptions and Attitudes
5. The Effect of French Teaching-Observations in the Classroom
6. Models of Cultural Studies Teaching and Learning
7. From 'Pure' Research to Curriculum Development
Appendices