Teaching WHAT, WHEN, HOW

English CULTURAL CONTENT

SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN EFL
Culture in EFL CLASSROOM

Classrooms
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Teaching English Culture in
EFL Classrooms: What?
When? How Cultural Content
should be included in EFL
Classroom
-Guechi, R., Krishnasamy, H.N.
(2020).
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The Outline

THE KEY ISSUES RELEVANCE

CREATION OF CULTURAL
FACTORS TO CONSIDER
AWARENESS

INCORPORATION IN THE
TECHNIQUES
CURRICULUM

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• Practicioners in the field that are carrying
out a commendable job on Teaching and
Learning Foreign Language need to
accomodate and address the needs of the
language learners.
• Specific emphasis put on teaching cultural
The key issues faced
aspects of language simultaneously with in the teaching of
linguistic aspects.
culture in foreign and
• The topic of teaching of culture to EF
language learners has been widely second languages to
discussed.
students
• The relevance to the incorporation of
cultural learning to foreign language
teaching is under question.
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Factors to
consider when
integrating
culture to EFL
classrooms

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The factors
 What and how much sociocultural information
learners ought to know
 The techniques used and ensuring relevancy of
the information to the learning of foreign
language
 Teacher should not limit discussions to target
culture only but teaching the concept in wide
scope while exploring global culture.
 Examining learners’ characteristics, needs, and
aims
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Techniques used
to incorporate
cultural studies
into second and
foreign language
classes.

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 The techniques
 During the language studies, Use authentic materials that
various activities must be provided to discuss cultural issues
include culture in the studies within •Movies
•News broadcasts
the grammar, speaking, reading, and
•Television programs
writing among other techniques
•Photos
applied in language teaching. •Magazines
Teachers may include the following •Websites
cultural components into their •Journals
language lessons: •Other printed works

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How can those
help students
engaging into
discussions

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 1. Literary devices and 4. Presentation of historical 6. Trips to the native
techniques to assist and cultural objects to assist in community to assist in
students in exploring the
research on the historical and gathering more information
target culture
2. Students involved in linguistic factors of the target on target culture

acting some of the group. 7. Using movies and TV

misunderstanding from 5. Using external and internal programs that reveal different

cultural variations. experts, as a source of cultural concepts that are

3. Use of literary sources of reference. absent in texts.
different languages as
points of reference.
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Relevance to
Learners’
needs

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 Relevance to
The EFL curriculum should incorporate: Learners’ needs
1. The learner’s needs and how they
Teacher’s role:
relate to the study on the target
1. Ensure that learners know how
culture
to analyze different culture
2. The learners’ experiences in
2. Make them be open in order to
learning language, (weakness, and
help them think and behave as
strengths)
those within the presented
3. Characteristics of the class, (age,
culture
attitude, educational status, socio-
3. Help them appreciate their
economic status)
culture and that of others while
4. Students’ general attitude towards
understanding that cultural
differs
learning of culture of the
target group. 12
Creation of
Cultural
awareness

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 Creation of Cultural awareness
 Cultural awareness—learners grow out of the shell of
their native language and culture exposes them to the
knowledge of other cultures and their contents
 They are able to make clear judgments and opinions
without bias thus abolition of cultural stereotypes.
 Stereotypes—hinder learners from having a better
understanding of the target culture and therefore their
incapability to master the foreign language.
 The course books should avoid the representation of
these negative stereotypes in a manner that may make
the students lose interest
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Incorporation
in the
curriculum

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 Incorporation in the curriculum
 Most of the books used within the curriculum, explain only
details of a specific language. Not briefly discuss some
cultural concepts.
 There is a need to change the curriculum and the general
education system to a more flexible manner in order to
incorporate cultural studies into foreign language learning.
 The coursebook should include detailed analysis of cultural
values that are instrumental in understanding language.
 Language teaching incorporates intercultural studies of
different cultures—raising awareness of the students’ culture
and help in additionally understanding those of others.
 Curriculum studies a variety of culture.
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 CONCLUSION
The curriculum should emphasize on:
Development of curriculum with
course books, which give
information and suggestions on how
to handle the teaching of cultural
context within the classrooms.

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 CHOOSING AND USING BOOKS
Whether the books/topics:
1. address the characteristic of
different studies and how studies
are designed to help them
understand easily
2. suggest the role of the teacher
who is to use it
3. should be free from biasness and
address the reality on target
cultures and ought to result from
empirical research.
4. Topics—relevant to what learners
need to learn in class
Whether the books/topics:
5. contain illustrations that may
be appropriate to the
learner’s native culture
6. contain task activities for
learners to give them
better understanding of
cultural concepts
7. contain content that can be
easily explained by
teachers—provide
relevant info that can be
used by learners in their
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THANK YOU

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