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Integrating Chinese culture into the EFL classroom.(English as a Foreign Language )
Abstract
The authors explore the role of culture in the contemporary language classroom in Taiwan in the form of content-based curriculum for integration into the EFL classroom. Language teachers need cultural sensitivity as well as the ability to design curricula that motivate students to pursue cultural learning and help them communicate with people from different cultures. The writers emphasize the importance of cultural learning and justify the notion that teaching students' native culture in an EFL language classroom can foster successful dialogues.
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The role of culture in language learning is well known: culture provides a ...
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