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A Case Study of a Cultura-inspired Project for the Teaching of Culture

Min Jung Jee

The University of Queensland

Korea Business Review 50Vol. 5No. pp.113-146 (2015)

DOI: 10.20880/kler.2015.50.5.113

Abstract

Due to heavy schedule and class constraints, the teaching of culture has often been neglected in foreign language classes. As well, students rarely have a chance to interact with other students with different levels of the same target language, even though they could provide useful support for each other. Thus, as a way of improving students' opportunities to learn the target culture and to interact with other students learning the same target language, a project was designed for developing cultural awareness in students of Korean as a Foreign Language (KFL). Inspired by Cultura, six culture-related questions were given to a group of KFL students via Facebook. As a group from three different class levels, students responded to the questions and shared their ideas/opinions with other students on Facebook. Most KFL students enjoyed the project, particularly with the ‘compare and contrast’ questions. Moreover, pedagogically beneficial features, such as peer learning and improved active engagement on the part of reserved students were observed.

Keywords

Teaching of cultureIntercultural communicative competenceFacebookKorean as a foreign language (KFL)Cultura

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