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Culture bound - Culture free
• Responsibility:
• Learning a language / understanding the culture
• Topics and possible consequences.
• Culture bound or culture free? Is the choice possible?
• You have to choose…
Domains which allow both CULTURE-BOUND and CULTURE-FREE treatments
FOOD AND DIETSPORT AND GAMES
EDUCATION AND SCHOOL SYSTEMS
TRAVELLINGENTERTAINMENT
FASHION AND ADVERTISINGHUMOUR AND WIT
ENVIRONMENTWORK
MONEY AND TRADEPOLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
STEREOTYPES
MYTHS OF FOUNDATIONUTOPIA, ANTI-UTOPIA AND APOCALYPSE CLOTHES AND FASHIONCOLONIALISM AND POST-COLONIALISMRELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONSSCIENCETHE LAW SYSTEMMASS MEDIA AND WWWWARINDUSTRY/IESWELFARE AND CHARITYWOMEN’S QUESTION
The mentioned subjects have the advantage of:
• being relevant to contemporary life (= you can start from today’s situation, also for motivational purposes, and then go back in time);
• keeping language, culture and literature tied together;• allowing treatment both from the British and American viewpoints
(the two main Standard varieties spoken by Italian teachers);• promoting interdisciplinary action (in as much as they either are
typically English or present a typically English version to be compared with other cultures);
• allowing different linguistic approaches (text/discourse analysis; corpora studies; history of language; key-words);
• favouring selection for different school specialisation, both in terms of choice of subject and in terms of syllabus materials designing;
• being so wide as to be treated in a restricted form (from one unit to one module to one year plan) or in its total complexity.
BUT…• Question of elementary level.
• Question of your audience.
• Question of method suited to the class.
Italian FOOD.
ENGLISH HABITS
He is English…
Masculine Feminine Young
Ram Sheep Lamb
Boar Sow Piglet
Cockerel Hen Chicken
Culture free?
Spaghetti
Noodles
VS.
CULTURE BOUND?
CULTURE BOUND?
CULTURE AND SOCIETY