Culture
What is Culture?
What is teaching Culture?
What is teaching about Culture?
The answer is
- A visit to local institutions a school, a chaplaincy, an arts centre, a music club,
- Authentic lectures on a variety of topics by visiting native speakers,
- Analysis of varieties of spoken English,
- Awareness of appropritae lexis, register, connotation and political correctness,
- Introduction to the history of the English Language,
- Introduction to NLP,
- Awareness of teaching and learning styles,
- Creative methodology for teaching culture,
- Cross-cultural awareness; defining culture,
- The nature of Englishness; the spirit of English,
- The ludic; affective and efective learning.
Editorial
Thise piece reflects the contents of the British Culture course as outlined by the group, summer 2006. Trainer: Paul Davis
The British Life, Language and Culture course can be viewed here
The English for Teachers course can be viewed here
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