Compliments: Integrating Cultural Values into Oral English Classes
Chou, Yen-Lin
yenlinch [at] usc.edu
The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California, USA)
Compliments can be viewed as an expression of certain cultural values (Manes, 1983). Therefore, integrating the teaching of the cultural values of the compliments in the language classroom provides students with opportunities to learn not only the language (English) but also the cultural differences. Moreover, the role play activity, group discussion, and oral presentation are utilized in the language classroom in order to improve students' speaking competence, especially the communicative ability. While the students are engaging in the activities, it is attainable for the teacher to assess whether the students achieve the objectives or not as well as evaluate each student's speaking competence.
Compliments: Integrating Cultural Values into Oral English ClassesChou, Yen-Linyenlinch [at] usc.eduThe University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California, USA)Compliments can be viewed as an expression of certain cultural values (Manes, 1983). Therefore, integrating the teaching of the cultural values of the compliments in the language classroom provides students with opportunities to learn not only the language (English) but also the cultural differences. Moreover, the role play activity, group discussion, and oral presentation are utilized in the language classroom in order to improve students' speaking competence, especially the communicative ability. While the students are engaging in the activities, it is attainable for the teacher to assess whether the students achieve the objectives or not as well as evaluate each student's speaking competence.
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