Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ373591
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Publication Date: 1988
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English as Cultural Action.
Prodromou, Luke
ELT Journal, v42 n2 p73-83 Apr 1988
Discusses teaching and learning English as a foreign language in its cultural context, and the culture of the native speaker of English and its relation to the culture of the learner. Native-speaking teachers should recognize the international status of English and work from local varieties of the language. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Artificial Languages, Class Activities, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Background, Culture Contact, Developing Nations, English (Second Language), Ethnocentrism, Greek, Intercultural Communication, Language Attitudes, Language Role, Linguistic Borrowing, Politics of Education, Realia, Relevance (Education), Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Textbook Content
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Greece
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