Culture in Second Language Teaching and Learning

• Other Authors: Hinkel, Eli (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom New York Cambridge University Press 1999; ©1999
• Series: Cambridge applied linguistics series
• Subjects: Language and languages > Study and teaching; Second language acquisition > Study and teaching; Language and culture > Study and teaching
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• Physical Description: xi, 250 pages 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-244) and index
• ISBN: 9780521644907; 0521644909 (pbk.); 9780521642767 (hbk.); 0521642760 (hbk.)

This book identifies the many facets of culture that influence second language learners and teachers. The hardback edition identifies the many facets of culture that influence second language learners and teachers. It addresses the impact of culture on learning to interact, speak, construct meaning, and write in a second language, while staying within the sociocultural paradigms specific to a particular language and its speakers. By providing a comprehensive introduction to research from other disciplines on the interaction between language and culture, this volume offers an important contribution to the field of second language acquisition