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Yigit, Monireh Azimzadeh; Dolgunsöz, Emrah – Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture, 2022
Acquiring second/foreign language competence inherits target culture knowledge and awareness. In this regard, English Language Teaching (ELT) coursebooks play a significant role in culture acquisition especially in an English as a foreign language (EFL) context in which learners have little or no opportunity to practice English outside the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Bahador, Hamid; Raeasi, Somaya; Garmanjani, Najmeh – MEXTESOL Journal, 2023
This mixed method study was designed to discover the relationship between male and female Iranian EFL students' cultural schemata and their performance on three types of cloze tests. It also investigated the relationship between gender and Iranian EFL students' degrees of cultural familiarity with culture-specific cloze texts. In addition, the…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cloze Procedure, Marriage, Islam
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Ball, Anna – Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 2008
September 11, 2001 generated diverse responses from around the world, but for many subjects located in "the West," an enduring perception surfaced in the aftermath of the attacks: that 9/11 revealed the fragility of the "Western Self" as a secure identity. In a move towards self-scrutiny post 9/11, it is not only the presence…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, Terrorism, Cultural Influences
Tyler, V. Lynn; Taylor, James S. – 1978
This progress report describes the on-going development of a system to help Americans, especially those who have dealings abroad, to interpret accurately the meaning of messages originating in cultures other than their own. The history, rationale, and methodology of the project are described in detail. Profiles of cultural concepts are provided…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Business Communication, Communication Problems, Communication Skills