What teachers say about addressing culture in their EFL teaching practices: the Vietnamese context |
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| Authors: | Long Nguyen Sharon Harvey Lynn Grant |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Foreign Languages, Ha Long University, Quang Ninh, Vietnam;2. School of Language and Culture, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | This paper examines Vietnamese EFL teachers’ beliefs about the role of culture in language teaching. It also considers how they address culture in their teaching practices in a Vietnamese university. Ethnographic data collected from semi-structured interviews indicated that opportunities for culture to find its way into EFL classroom activities were still limited. Priority was given to teaching language knowledge and skills, while culture played a minor role only. |
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| Keywords: | EFL intercultural competence (IC) language teaching teacher beliefs Vietnam |
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