Tips for Teaching Culture Practical Approaches to Intercultural Communication

Series Editor: H. Douglas Brown Tips for Teaching Cultureintroduces English Language teachers to approaches they can use to build intercultural understanding. This practical reference book links specific techniques for teaching culture with contemporary research on intercultural communication. Topics covered include language, nonverbal commmunication, identity, culture shock, cross-cultural adjustment, traditional ways of teaching culture, education, and social responsibility. Features: Concrete tipsin each chapter provide teachers with helpful suggestions on how to build cultural awareness. What the research saysandWhat the teacher can dosections link pedagogical research with classroom techniques. Voices from the Classroomanecdotes share teachers'cross-cultural experiences. Classroom activitiesillustrate over 50 ways teachers can build intercultural understnading. Photocopiable handoutsfor classroom activities can be used with minimal preparation. Glossaryprovides concise definitions of commonly used terms about intercultural communication. TheTips for Teachingseries covers topics of practical classroom-centered interest for English language teachers. Written in clearly comprehnesible terms, each book offers soundly conceived practical approaches to classroom instruction that are firmly grounded in current pedagogical research.