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Culture myths : applying second language research to classroom teaching / Andrea DeCapua, Ed.D.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: iv, 188 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0472037234
  • 9780472037230
Other title:
  • Applying second language research to classroom teaching
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 401.93 23
LOC classification:
  • P118.2 .D398 2018
Contents:
Introduction -- Myth 1: We are all human beings, so how different can we really be? -- Myth 2: The goal of education is to develop each individual’s potential -- Myth 3: Focusing on conversational skills in the classroom is overrated -- Myth 4: Not looking at the teacher shows disrespect -- Myth 5: How something is said is not as important as what is said -- Myth 6: Everyone knows what a good instructional environment is -- Myth 7: By the time students get to middle or high school, they know how to be a student.
Summary: "Developing an awareness of one's own cultural assumptions deepens understanding and empathy and contributes to the breaking down of the cultural barriers that can affect communication. A goal of this book is to help readers strike a balance between minimizing cultural differences and assuming similarities across cultures on one hand, and exoticizing other cultures or accentuating surface differences on the other."--Publisher's website.
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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 401.93 DEC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A527586B
Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 401.93 DEC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A516636B

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Introduction -- Myth 1: We are all human beings, so how different can we really be? -- Myth 2: The goal of education is to develop each individual’s potential -- Myth 3: Focusing on conversational skills in the classroom is overrated -- Myth 4: Not looking at the teacher shows disrespect -- Myth 5: How something is said is not as important as what is said -- Myth 6: Everyone knows what a good instructional environment is -- Myth 7: By the time students get to middle or high school, they know how to be a student.

"Developing an awareness of one's own cultural assumptions deepens understanding and empathy and contributes to the breaking down of the cultural barriers that can affect communication. A goal of this book is to help readers strike a balance between minimizing cultural differences and assuming similarities across cultures on one hand, and exoticizing other cultures or accentuating surface differences on the other."--Publisher's website.

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