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ERIC Number: EJ559632
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-7941
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Culture, Ethics, Scripts, and Gifts.
Messerschmitt, Dorothy; Hafernik, Johnnie Johnson; Vandrick, Stephanie
TESOL Journal, v7 n2 p11-14 Win 1997
Discusses gift-giving patterns in different cultures, particularly in relation to teacher-student interactions in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction. Situations in which gift-giving can raise ethical questions and how to teach culturally diverse students about this issue are highlighted. Script theory provides a theoretical basis for some of the discussion. (MSE)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, English (Second Language), Ethics, Expectation, Second Language Instruction, Social Values, Sociocultural Patterns, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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