CULTURAL CAPSULES AND READING TEXTS: TRIGGERS TO CROSS-CULTURAL LANGUAGE AWARENESS

CULTURAL CAPSULES AND READING TEXTS: TRIGGERS TO CROSS-CULTURAL LANGUAGE AWARENESS

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The use of English in the international setting is based on cultural presuppositions about the kinds of language performance that are appropriate or specific situations. Culture capsules are useful teaching techniques to teach English, as learners would be able to bring in their own cultural insight...

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Main Author: Maya Khemlani David
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN) 2005-08-01
Series:TEFLIN Journal
Subjects:
cultural capsules, cross-cultural, malaysia, language awareness, pragmatics
Online Access:http://journal.teflin.org/index.php/journal/article/view/75
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spelling doaj-ec4f33a0631f470f9693d94ddde81f3e2020-12-09T15:03:44ZengAssociation for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN)TEFLIN Journal0215-773X2356-26412005-08-0116220922210.15639/teflinjournal.v16i2/209-22264CULTURAL CAPSULES AND READING TEXTS: TRIGGERS TO CROSS-CULTURAL LANGUAGE AWARENESSMaya Khemlani David0University of MalayaThe use of English in the international setting is based on cultural presuppositions about the kinds of language performance that are appropriate or specific situations. Culture capsules are useful teaching techniques to teach English, as learners would be able to bring in their own cultural insights into learning the pragmatics of English through the various combinations of word choice, prosodic and paralinguistic features. This paper will provide examples of capsules which focus on a range of speech acts (greetings, directives, requests, etc) and demonstrate how they can be used as a stimulus to cross-cultural language awareness.http://journal.teflin.org/index.php/journal/article/view/75cultural capsules, cross-cultural, malaysia, language awareness, pragmatics
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CULTURAL CAPSULES AND READING TEXTS: TRIGGERS TO CROSS-CULTURAL LANGUAGE AWARENESS
TEFLIN Journal
cultural capsules, cross-cultural, malaysia, language awareness, pragmatics
author_facet Maya Khemlani David
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title CULTURAL CAPSULES AND READING TEXTS: TRIGGERS TO CROSS-CULTURAL LANGUAGE AWARENESS
title_short CULTURAL CAPSULES AND READING TEXTS: TRIGGERS TO CROSS-CULTURAL LANGUAGE AWARENESS
title_full CULTURAL CAPSULES AND READING TEXTS: TRIGGERS TO CROSS-CULTURAL LANGUAGE AWARENESS
title_fullStr CULTURAL CAPSULES AND READING TEXTS: TRIGGERS TO CROSS-CULTURAL LANGUAGE AWARENESS
title_full_unstemmed CULTURAL CAPSULES AND READING TEXTS: TRIGGERS TO CROSS-CULTURAL LANGUAGE AWARENESS
title_sort cultural capsules and reading texts: triggers to cross-cultural language awareness
publisher Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN)
series TEFLIN Journal
issn 0215-773X
2356-2641
publishDate 2005-08-01
description The use of English in the international setting is based on cultural presuppositions about the kinds of language performance that are appropriate or specific situations. Culture capsules are useful teaching techniques to teach English, as learners would be able to bring in their own cultural insights into learning the pragmatics of English through the various combinations of word choice, prosodic and paralinguistic features. This paper will provide examples of capsules which focus on a range of speech acts (greetings, directives, requests, etc) and demonstrate how they can be used as a stimulus to cross-cultural language awareness.
topic cultural capsules, cross-cultural, malaysia, language awareness, pragmatics
url http://journal.teflin.org/index.php/journal/article/view/75
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