Incorporating both Language and Culture in the Teaching of Norwegian as a Foreign Language. A Perspective on the BA Norwegian Programme in Cluj-Napoca
Incorporating both Language and Culture in the Teaching of Norwegian as a Foreign Language. A Perspective on the BA Norwegian Programme in Cluj-Napoca
Author(s): Raluca PopSubject(s): Education, Foreign languages learning, Communication studies, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai
Keywords: foreign language teaching; (inter)cultural competence; communicative competence; the intercultural turn; the multilingual and multicultural classroom; explicit and implicit culture;
Summary/Abstract: The field of foreign language learning has undergone various paradigm shifts in order to accommodate to the constant changes taking place in the social, cultural and educational contexts. This paper intended to justify the role of culture in the context of learning the Norwegian language. The main emphasis was placed on the fact that foreign language learning is both a communicative and an intercultural endeavor.
Journal: Educatia 21
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 13
- Page Range: 26-37
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English