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Whenever a new language is learned, a new culture is also learned. Swiderski provides instructive examples of language learning situations by describing multilingual events using more than twenty of the world's languages. All aspects of language learning from the physical environment of the classroom to the perceptions of events and emotions that languages express are considered. Australian aboriginal languages and Native American languages are analyzed to illustrate the world of differences of which English, Chinese, and Russian are also a part. The politics of language teaching and the effect of language policy in the classroom are brought out in concrete examples. This study will be of interest to language teachers and the general international community as well.
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The Cultural Context of Language TeachingLanguage and Culture
The Presence of Culture in the Language Classroom
Transmitting Culture in the Language Classroom
Awareness of Culture: the Course
Promoting Culture Learning through Language TeachingNot the Whole Language But Enough: Lexical Culture
Forming and Using a Cultural Lexicon: English and Mayan
Learning and Not Learning Swahili
Language as Cultural UtterancesLanguage as Cultural Pidgin: Another Tiny Nation
The Size of Cultural Utterances: Ninja Turtles
Conditions of Cultural Learning: Cultural Conditions of Learning
Pedagogy of Cultural Utterance: Reading the Newspaper with NaokoLanguage Ideas, Ideals, Ideologies: Japanese and English
Reading
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Discourse and Culture
The Cultural Politics of Language LearningLanguage Policy and Language Learning
Language Teacher Training as Cultural Conversion: Matesol
Learning Kanji: A Cultural Politics of Reading
Lifetimes of Language Learning Across Cultures
A Suggestopedia Love Story
Conclusion
References
A propos de l'auteur
Richard M. Swiderski lives in San Rafael, California. He works as a consultant, and investigates civil rights complaints against employers for the state of California. He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1991. He lives in San Rafael, California.
