Cultural Contexts in English Language Learning and Teaching

 
DHANBAD, India - Nov. 22, 2013 - PRLog -- The unprecedented spread of English as a glocal language in recent decades has been viewed as a threat to the culture and identity of English learners in the ‘Outer’ and ‘Expanding’ Circles, especially when reinforced by traditional textbooks and materials which are heavily Anglocentric in their cultural content and outlook, and which aim only at helping learners assimilate ‘native-speaker’ linguistic and cultural norms.

Dr. Md. Mojibur Rahman addresses himself to this issue and views English teaching not only as a means to integrate the global community but also to make the various speakers' national identity and culture known to the rest of the world.

Cultural Contexts in English Language Learning and Teaching, is a volume of 18 essays by ELT practitioners from various countries of the world. The essays examine the characteristic dialectical process of tensions between the global and the local in countries like China, Malaysia, Indinesia, Thailand, Korea, Japan, India, and elsewhere.

The contents of the essays, including a Foreword by Professor R. K. Singh are given below:

FOREWORD

         PREFACE

1.       Investigating the Role of Culture in the EFL Classroom
-          Csilla Sárdi

On The Role of Cultural Content and Cultural Context in Language Instruction

-          Jens Allwood

Culture in Language Learning and Teaching

-          Bilal Genc and Erdogan Bada

Fostering students’ Intercultural Competence in FL Teaching / Learning Process

-          Roma Kriaučiūnienė and Auksė Šiugždinienė

The Importance of Incorporating the Target Culture in English Language Teaching

-          Rojab Siti Rodliyah and R. Dian D. Muniroh

The Inevitability of Incorporating Culture into a Foreign Language Classroom

-          Parlindungan Pardede

Linguistic Imperialism, Linguistic Democracy and English Language Teaching

-          Mohammad Aliakbari

Inserting Local Culture in English Language Teaching to Promote Character Education

-          Siti Sudartini

Structuring Natural Enculturation Affective Processes for Assisting Self-directed Interactional Language Learning: A Psycho-pedagogical Perspective

-          Béatrice Boufoy-Bastick

Fostering Positive Cross-Cultural Attitudes through Language Teaching

-          D. E. Ingram

Teaching English for Communicative Performance and Business Communication

-          Ram Krishna Singh

12.    Learning Intercultural Values through ICT

-          Mª Elena Gómez Parra

Culture and Language Teaching through Electronic Technology

-          Ahmad Atawneh

Authentic Materials and Culture in EFL Classrooms

-          Ferit Kılıçkaya

Incorporating Islamic Messages in the English Teaching in the Indonesian Context

-          Zuliati Rohmah

Teaching a world language for local contexts: The case of Namibian textbooks for the teaching of English

-          Ragnhild Lund

Impediments to cultural teaching in EFL programmes at a Saudi University

-          Mohamed Amin A. Mekheimer & Hamad S. Aldosari

Cultural Teaching in College English Education in China

-          Jie Chen

Published by Yking Books (G-13, S. S. Tower, Dhamani Street, Chaura Rasta, Jaipur-302003, INDIA), Professor Rahman's book is priced at Rs. 1195/- and bears ISBN 978-93-82532-43-9

The book is of relevance to current practitioners of ELT, EST, and EIL in South Asia, Middle East and Europe.

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