I ntegration of culture in Second Language Learning
Journal Title: International Journal of Scientific Research and Management - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
“Learn a new language, learn a new culture” The research highlights the importance and need of integrating culture in a language classroom. The purpose of integrating culture in the classroom i s to make students` learn a language quickly, providing understanding and mastery of a language`s communicative system. Language learning is also a cultural learning. One can only get linguistic competence if he has cultural awareness too. This cultivated the way for the language teachers to impart the knowledge of culture in language classrooms because cultural awareness leads the learners to think critically, respond accurately and to understand paralinguistic signs too. The aim of this research is to exp lore the impact and technical integration of cultural elements into the language teaching and learning to provide major information to teachers and learners for establishing an effective connection between the language they are learning and its culture usi ng different classroom practices and strategies which comprise intercultural explorations, use of texts, films, short stories and other multi - media resources, contrastive case studies of cultures, group encounters and role plays.
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Pakiza Saba
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