Professional paper
RAISING AWARENESS OF SOME CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC STEREOTYPES WITH FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDENTS IN TERTIARY EDUCATION
Spomenka Bogdanić
; Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb
Ivana Cindrić
; Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb
Abstract
The article shows how using some examples of cultural and linguistic stereotypes relating to the Anglo-Saxon community can raise this awareness and actually be a positive learning experience with foreign language students in tertiary education. By engaging students in various tasks and activities (brainstorming, reading particular texts relating to the topic, short discussions, listening activities, writing short structured texts, etc.) , they not only work on their language skills but also their communication skills and above all raise their awareness of what is meant by stereotype and generalization, thus enriching their intercultural communicative competence. The article provides detailed procedures for carrying out such tasks in ESP
classes with students in the tertiary level.
Keywords
communicative competence; cultural awareness; generalization; linguistic competence; revision; stereotype; TEFL
Hrčak ID:
56014
URI
Publication date:
14.12.2009.
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