商品簡介
This guide for teachers explains the benefits of using English-language texts of culture (literature, films, songs) in foreign language classrooms. The book offers criteria for choosing texts of culture by evaluating linguistic and conceptual difficulty and educational and artistic values. It also details the roles, characteristics, and skills of the English teacher when using texts of culture, looking at the teacher as role model, as an active participant in cultural life, as a cultural mediator, and as a competent user of multimedia. The final chapter gives advice on integrating texts of culture into the school program and into national curriculum frameworks, taking Poland’s new Curriculum Framework as an example. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
作者簡介
Olga Aleksandrowska studied English Philology at the University of Gdansk (Poland). She holds a PhD in Linguistics and is currently employed as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of English and American Studies, University of Gdansk. Besides, she works as an expert in the professional advancement of foreign language teachers.
