ERIC Number: ED385158
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: 111
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ISBN: ISBN-1-85359-228-5
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Culture and Language Learning in Higher Education.
Byram, Michael, Ed.
A collection of papers concerning cultural studies within college and university second language programs, particularly for foreign students, includes program descriptions from a variety of countries and discussions of cultural education and cultural conflict. Themes include the nature of cultural teaching, cultural education as a discipline, innovations in cultural education, fieldwork as an instructional approach, reflection on one's own culture as a result of foreign culture study, students of culture as teachers, and specific teaching methods. Papers include: "The Case of 'Landeskunde': A Vicious Circle?" (Dieter Kerl); "Cultural Studies and Student Exchange: Living the Ethnographic Life" (Celia Roberts); "Civilisation/Cultural Studies in Grenoble" (Jean-Paul Revauger);"Cultural Studies in English Studies: A German Perspective" (Jurgen Kramer); "Documentary Analysis in 'Civilisation' Studies: The French Approach" (Francois Poirier); "New Cultural Studies at Warwick University" (Peter Breen); "International Cultural Studies at Roskilde University" (Karen Risager); "From NIMBY Landeskunde to IMBY Cultural Studies" (Harald Husemann); "British Studies in English Language Teaching"(Edward G. Woods); and "Communication in Foreign Lands: The Cause, Consequences and Cures of Culture Shock" (Adrian Furnham). (MSE)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Cultural Context, Cultural Education, Culture Conflict, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Higher Education, International Educational Exchange, Program Descriptions, Program Design, Second Language Learning, Second Languages, Student Exchange Programs, Study Abroad
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Publication Type: Collected Works - General; Books
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: France; Germany
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