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HomePassport or Excess Baggage? Current Concerns in Socio-cultural Training in the Classroom
Wednesday, November 26th, 2003, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Simon Greenall
This will be a repeat of Greenall's conference plenary. For some years, Socio-cultural training has been accepted as a requirement of a well-balanced language course. Yet, today, some teachers remain concerned that it adds further demands on an already overcrowded course design. This talk will examine what and how to teach a socio-cultural syllabus strand in a multi-syllabus course design, and why. It will focus on socio-cultural training at lower levels, in monocultural groups, to develop an awareness of the learner's own cultural identity. Three types of topics will be covered: social conventions and rituals, customs and traditions, and attitudes and beliefs. Greenall will suggest that socio-cultural training is not an optional extra, or excess baggage, but an essential component of a language course, and the passport to effective communication.
Organization: Osaka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Osaka JALT)
Cost: free
Venue: British Council Osaka, Dojima Avanza 4F, 1-6-20, Dojima, Kita-ku, Osaka
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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