IN DEVELOPING THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE, TEACHERS HAVE TOO OFTEN LIMITED THEIR OBJECTIVES TO HIGHLIGHTING CERTAIN "FORMAL" OR HUMANISTIC ASPECTS AND PRODUCTS OF THE FOREIGN CULTURE. HOWEVER, IF WE ARE TO DEVELOP FULL STUDENT AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION OF THE FOREIGN CULTURE, WE MUST ALSO DEVELOP THE CONCEPT OF CULTURE IN ITS…

Traces the preparation of communicative syllabuses for courses at the School of Language and Culture for Foreigners in Siena, Italy. In particular, the communicative acts chosen for study, the language skills to be developed, the cultural content, and the teaching activities are discussed. (32 references) (CFM)

This course guide describes a one-semester, junior and senior, elective course in Afro-American literature, organized generally by genre and based on a required reading list of eight paperback books. An introduction points out the importance of including black literature in all 4 years of required English classes, rather than offering only a…

This guide is designed for a one-semester elective course in Afro-American literature for high school juniors and seniors. The approach to the literature is generally by genre. After a statement of philosophy, the guide lists cognitive, affective, and psychomotor objectives for the course; suggests teaching-learning activities concerning readings,…

"American Visions" is a freshman-level survey course offered by the Department of History as part of Butler University's core curriculum. The course is built around three primary contextual considerations: high culture, popular culture, and community culture. The high culture approach is designed to introduce students to major systems of thought…

A teacher's guide from the Navajo Curriculum Center, intended for use with the student textbook, "Navajo Leadership and Government," is divided into five chapters/lessons corresponding to those in the textbook, i.e.; "The First Leaders,""New Neighbors--New Government,""Fort Sumner and Return,""A Time of…

Designed to teach twelfth grade English honors students in Kentucky to think critically, to write creatively, to develop a better self-concept, and to stimulate appreciation and pride for Appalachian literature and culture, this 9-week resource unit features mini-units on (1) Man and His Values; (2) Death; (3) Prejudice; (4) Strip Mining; and (5)…

Learning to swim and learning a foreign language are analagous activities, in that both are skills learned for different reasons. Few foreign language students will attain "near-native fluency;" nor will many of them become interpreters or teachers. Foreign language teachers must therefore revise priorities, restructure courses, adjust methods,…