別府大学紀要
(Memoirs of Beppu University).
No.60
(2019.
2)
,p.31-
41
識別番号
ISSN
02864983
DOI
URI
抄録
This paper introduces some of the research on teaching culture in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom and attempts to summarise the difficulties involved therein, especially when taught to a class of intermediate level students at a Japanese university. Culture and
language are inevitably inseparable, as one learns the former at the same time as one learns the latter. However, it is often the case that teachers are not given specific guidelines on the methods of instructing aspects of culture in the foreign language classroom. Some of the main conclusions of this paper suggest each learner have an appropriate grasp of their native culture before they attempt to embrace or understand a foreign one. It is also vital that the language
instructor find innovative, interesting and thought-provoking teaching methods in order to
effectively introduce intricacies of the foreign culture to language learners.
