Achieving Affective and Behavioral Outcomes in Culture Learning: The Case for Ethnographic Interviews

Autor: Blair E. Bateman
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Foreign Language Annals. 37:240-253
ISSN: 1944-9720
0015-718X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2004.tb02197.x
Popis: This study sought to extend previous research on ethnographic interviews as a method of culture learning in foreign language classes by employing a qualitative case study methodology. Fifty-four university students in a first-year Spanish course worked in pairs to conduct a series of three ethnographic interviews with a native speaker of Spanish. Students reported a variety of cognitive, affective, and behavioral outcomes of the project, including (a) enhanced attitudes toward Spanish speakers and Hispanic cultures, and in some cases, new friendships with Hispanic individuals; (b) enhanced competencies in relating to and communicating with people of other cultures, including the ability to view situations from other cultural points of view; and (c) an increased awareness of the influence of their own culture in their lives.
Databáze: OpenAIRE