Abstract
The paper is concerned with the contribution and incorporation of the teaching of culture into the foreign language classroom. More specifically, some consideration will be given to the why and how of teaching culture. It will be demonstrated that teaching a foreign language is not tantamount to giving a homily on syntactic structures or learning new vocabulary and expressions, but mainly incorporates, or should incorporate, some cultural elements, which are intertwined with language itself. Furthermore, an attempt will be made to incorporate culture into the classroom by means of considering some techniques and methods currently used. The main premise of the paper is that effective communication is more than a matter of language proficiency and that, apart from enhancing and enriching communicative competence, cultural competence can also lead to empathy and respect toward different cultures as well as promote objectivity and cultural perspicacity.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.22055/rals.2019.15378
- Journal
- Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics, 10, 1337-1348
- Publisher
- Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
- Open access
- Green open access
- License
- CC BY-NC 4.0
Cite this article
APA 7
Rogatin, V. N., Nabiev, R. A., & Rogatina, E. S. (2019). The Impact of Cultural Familiarity on Learning Foreign Language among Advanced Students in Ukraine. Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics, 10, 1337-1348. https://doi.org/10.22055/rals.2019.15378
MLA 9
Rogatin, Vladimir Nikolaevich, et al. "The Impact of Cultural Familiarity on Learning Foreign Language among Advanced Students in Ukraine." Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics, vol. 10, 2019, pp. 1337-1348. https://doi.org/10.22055/rals.2019.15378.
Chicago (author–date)
Rogatin, Vladimir Nikolaevich, Rinat Ahmetgalievich Nabiev, and Elena Sergeevna Rogatina. 2019. "The Impact of Cultural Familiarity on Learning Foreign Language among Advanced Students in Ukraine." Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics 10: 1337-1348. https://doi.org/10.22055/rals.2019.15378.
Harvard
Rogatin, V. N., Nabiev, R. A. and Rogatina, E. S. (2019) 'The Impact of Cultural Familiarity on Learning Foreign Language among Advanced Students in Ukraine', Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics, 10, pp. 1337-1348. doi:10.22055/rals.2019.15378.
Vancouver
Rogatin VN, Nabiev RA, Rogatina ES. The Impact of Cultural Familiarity on Learning Foreign Language among Advanced Students in Ukraine. Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics. 2019;10:1337-1348. doi:10.22055/rals.2019.15378
IEEE
V. N. Rogatin, R. A. Nabiev, and E. S. Rogatina, "The Impact of Cultural Familiarity on Learning Foreign Language among Advanced Students in Ukraine," Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics, vol. 10, pp. 1337-1348, 2019, doi: 10.22055/rals.2019.15378.