Wednesday 2 February 2011

The acquisition of culture in English lessons.

Introduction
The way in which learners acquire languages in general has been a topic of interest of linguistics, teachers and researchers. Different methodologies, approaches and theories concerning teaching and leaning process have emerged trying to find out a better acquisition of the language. As we know it is not an easy process because it requires not only the acquisition of knowledge and the development of some skills, but also the necessity of getting the culture of the target language spoken.

It is important to increase the interest on human beings about knowing more issues about the different cultures existed in the world, to respect, tolerate or adapt to a new culture depends on each individual’s decision. Therefore, the cultural issue has a great value in our lives, if we want to communicate with another person from a different culture and being understood efficiently.

As part of the teaching-learning process development, the use of technologies as a support of the language teaching begun and this has contributed enormously since the very beginning. By means of technology students not only acquire knowledge and develop skills, but also, they increase their culture.

This article will report some information about a way of acquiring culture in an English lesson by means of a video.

If you are interested read it and please leave any comment you like!
The acquisition of culture in English lessons.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Es un trabajo muy interesante porque demuestra la importancia de conocer las diferentes culturas, ademas de aprender como son y visualiar desde nuestro punto de vista nuestra propia cultura, profe Yordanka es una excelente maestra persona, exito en todas las actividades que le faltan por realizar, que Dios le colme de bendiciones...
Att. Thania Torres
Ecuador