Defining, Teaching, and Evaluating Cultural Proficiency in the Foreign Language Classroom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8937458 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julie A Storme (0000-0002-7403-1403, Saint Mary's College, corresponding author), Mana Derakhshani (Saint Mary's College) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 657-668 |
| Publication date | 2002-11-01 |
| 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.1944-9720.2002.tb01904.x |
| OpenAlex | W2083973757 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
Over the past few decades, the foreign language teaching profession has significantly altered its understanding and practice of culture teaching. Important strides have been made toward recognizing the development of cultural proficiency in learners as one of the primary missions of the foreign language classroom. The authors of this article consider recent work that has moved the profession closer to a broadly embraced but clear definition of cultural proficiency and propose a model for culture teaching that responds to this definition. They focus especially on evaluation, that is, classroom testing and proficiency assessment — the latter extending beyond the confines of a single course
Cultural competence · Cultural diversity · Focus (optics · Foreign language · Language assessment · Language education · Language proficiency · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Sociology · Teaching method · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Psychology · Student Assessment and Feedback
Teaching and Learning Language and Culture
Intercultural interactions
Teaching for Proficiency, the Organizing Principle
Teaching Culture in the Foreign Language Classroom
Culture and Constructs
Preparing Students for Meaningful Culture Learning
Cross-cultural Testing
Social Distance as a Factor in Second Language Acquisition
The "Emergent Model" (Structured Inventory of a Sociocultural System) Applied to Contemporary France
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2008 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |