The teaching of cultures in foreign language education

CHAPTER 1 A HISTORICAL PROBLEM OF TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
1.1 A historical trilogy
1.2 Two ways of selection
1.3 Old problems in new form
CHAPTER 2 OPTIONS FOR THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN CULTURES IN LANGUAGE PROGRAMMES
2.1 Paradigm 1:explicit cultural studies
2.2 Paradigm 2:communicative language teaching
2.3 Paradigm 3:inter-cultural communication
CHAPTER 3 MAINTAINING TRADITION OR MAKING CHANGES THROUGH CULTURE LEARNING
3.1 Contradiction:tradition and change
3.2 The role of foreign language education
3.3 The notion of culture in foreign language education
CHAPTER 4 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENGLISH AND ITS RELEVANT CULTURES
4.1 EST:culturally-neutral?
4.2 EIL:culturally-arbitrary?
4.3 EFL in China:source and means
CHAPTER 5 FOCUSING ON CULTURAL CREATIVITY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION
5.1 Clearing the ground
5.2 Focusing on cultural creativity
5.3 Implications for EFL curriculum reform in China
CHAPTER 6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
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