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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu12512256642021-08-03T05:57:06Z Playing their game: banqueting in Shandong Shepherd, Eric T. <p>This thesis is a preliminary study that attempts to address Chinese language study from a performance-oriented perspective, raising issues that are involved in becoming an accepted participant in a second culture: more specifically, for American learners of Chinese to participate successfully in the official culture of Shandong Province. An attempt is made to show that in order to become a competent participant, one must perform culture to be recognized by the target culture. Furthermore, an individual's cognitive framework is formed by negotiation with the group which requires the successful establishment and interpretation of intentions. Moreover, individuals make adjustments to fit into the group providing the arena in which the negotiation of meaning can be found. Finally, the learner must actively participate in this negotiation in cultural groups of manageable size.</p><p>This thesis also builds on the notion of performed culture as chunks of observable behavior that can be presented as models of behavior in the target group. One type of cultural performance is a game, a performance that involves a commonly recognized scoring system. Becoming a competent player in such games would be equivalent to becoming an accepted participant in a culture that recognizes each game. Additionally, by viewing performances as learnable and repeatable segments of larger cultural events, we are armed with a means to go beyond a single performance. If we equate learning to compiling a memory of an experience, memory then becomes the medium through which the one-time experience of a game is transformed into the long-term experience of sagas which are viewed as on-going systems of games. Because cultures are made up of a number of games, participating in games can be viewed as the means through which we become individuals in a society. Thus, when developing language teaching materials and activities, pedagogues should focus on culture games.</p> 1998 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1251225664 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1251225664 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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