关于中国小学EFL教师关于将跨文化能力纳入外语教学中的信念的定性研究
Huang Wang1, Tianyuan Xu2, Zheng Zhong3
1Hunan First Normal University, School of Foreign Studies, China.
Heliyon
|July 8, 2024
概括
中国小学英语教师对文化持本质主义的看法,并过分简化跨文化能力 (IC). 他们的教学实践以教师为中心,强调需要更新的概念和反思性的实践,以促进IC发展.
科学领域:
- 教育教育教育教育教育教育.
- 语言学的语言学.
- 文化研究 文化研究
背景情况:
- 跨文化能力 (IC) 是外语教育的一个关键目标.
- 关于中国跨文化外语教师的研究主要集中在大学层面,忽视了小学教育工作者.
- 培养IC是一个持续的过程,需要包括小学教师.
研究的目的:
- 调查中国小学英语外语 (EFL) 教师关于将跨文化能力纳入教学中的信念.
- 探索小学EFL教师对文化,IC及其跨文化教学实践的理解.
主要方法:
- 用中国小学EFL教师进行半结构面试的定性研究方法.
- 对面试成绩单进行主题分析,以确定关键主题和模式.
主要成果:
- 老师通常对文化持有基本主义的观点.
- 倾向于过度简化IC或将其视为对语言能力次要的,认为它不适合初级水平.
- 跨文化教学实践主要以教师为中心,专注于背景知识传播.
结论:
- 小学EFL教师的跨文化教学实践受到他们潜在的文化信仰的影响.
- 建议包括更新教师的语言和文化概念系统,并促进反思性的教学实践,以加强IC发展.
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