RT info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
T1 Raising cultural awareness in EFL classroom: a case study in secondary education
A1 Montón Catalina, Mónica
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 culture
K1 intercultural awareness
K1 cultura
K1 sensibilización intercultural
K1 5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
AB Nowadays, as a consequence of this globalized era, English has become the lingua franca, therefore, the importance that people are giving to the acquisition of English as a foreign language is constantly increasing. Learning a foreign language implies much more than just acquiring some of its basic grammatical structures or even the whole vocabulary. Indeed, without obtaining some insight into the development of one’s cultural awareness, the intercultural communicative competence needed to communicate, act and interact accordingly in any unrehearsed situation in the target language context, would be extremely challenging to be acquired by learners. In order to achieve this, there is a need to increase the concerns about the importance of teaching culture to learners of foreign languages. Therefore, this dissertation proposes a project and presents a small case study to prove that it is feasible to introduce culture in high schools in order to lead students to develop their cultural awareness at those levels. The results of this case study reveal both that more importance should be given to teaching culture in English as a foreign language and that if students are exposed to cultural aspects, their cultural awareness will increase.
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/39587
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/39587
LA eng
NO Departamento de Filología Inglesa
DS UVaDOC
RD 20-sep-2024