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Developing Cultural Awareness in Foreign Language Teaching

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  • Zahra Ghorbani Shemshadsara

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Culture awareness has become an important focus of modern language education, a shift that reflects a greater awareness of the inseparability of language and culture, and the need to prepare students for intercultural communication. The paper reports on an ongoing study into the presence and status of cultural understanding in EFL teaching. In this paper, the underlying assumptions and influences of culture awareness in Language teaching and learning critically analyzed.

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  • Zahra Ghorbani Shemshadsara, 2012. "Developing Cultural Awareness in Foreign Language Teaching," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 5(3), pages 1-95, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:eltjnl:v:5:y:2012:i:3:p:95
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    1. Abdul-Aziz Saleh Alsamani, 2014. "Foreign Culture Awareness Needs of Saudi English Language Majors at Buraydah Community College," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 7(6), pages 143-143, June.

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