Cultural Representations in Foreign Language Teaching: A Critique of Four BBC Courses.

Mar-Molinero, Clare

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ERIC Number: EJ459641

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Publication Date: 1992

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Cultural Representations in Foreign Language Teaching: A Critique of Four BBC Courses.

Mar-Molinero, Clare

Language, Culture and Curriculum, v5 n1 p1-10 1992

Examines four well-known BBC language courses, "Deutsch Direkt!""A Vous la France!""Viva Espana," and "Buongiorno Italia!" It is suggested that these courses focus on tourism, stereotyping both learners and the target culture and that the presentation of the cultural materials is unrealistic. (VWL)

Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Background, Educational Television, Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Stereotypes, Teaching Methods, Tourism

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: France; Germany; Italy; Spain

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