Teaching Language Skills and Cultural Awareness with Spanish Paintings.

Ortuno, Marian Mikaylo

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ERIC Number: EJ494920

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Publication Date: 1994

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Teaching Language Skills and Cultural Awareness with Spanish Paintings.

Ortuno, Marian Mikaylo

Hispania, v77 n3 p500-11 Sep 1994

Reviews studies delineating positive effects of visually engaging, authentic classroom materials on language learning and cultural attitude formation. Cross-disciplinary approaches combining language, literature, history, and art emerge as effective methods of creatively using class time to achieve linguistic and cultural proficiency. (30 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Cultural Awareness, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Interdisciplinary Approach, Painting (Visual Arts), Second Language Learning, Spanish, Student Attitudes, Visual Aids

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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