Culture, culture and “culture” in Foreign Language Teaching
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8937204 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Shanahan (0000-0002-6859-1324, HEC Paris, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 451-458 |
| Publication date | 1998-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foreign Language Annals (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-718X • E-ISSN: 1944-9720 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1998.tb00588.x |
| OpenAlex | W1971480086 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
“Culture,” which is taking on increasing importance in contemporary foreign language pedagogy, has also been the subject of much debate. Definitions of what culture is have proliferated, from Matthew Arnold to Levi‐Strauss to Edward Hall, and not infrequently lines of opposition have formed around them. But if we abandon an oppositional mode of thinking and address the question of culture and language learning from the perspective of the affective elements contained within both, we may be able to adopt a more ecumenical approach to the former and provide ourselves with a much more powerful tool for helping students acquire the latter
Art · Foreign language · Foreign language teaching · Language education · Linguistics · Opposition (politics · Pedagogy · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Sociology · Target culture · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2025 (25) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |