Obituary: Sally Westerman Jacoby, 1949-2007 (original) (raw)

Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics

This study concerns Iranian teachers of foreign languages in general, and EFL teachers in particular who face the challenge of fostering intercultural competence in language learners. More specifically, the attitudinal aspect of teaching culture is considered as a vital element, seemingly less manipulated in Iranian EFL teachers. The study, therefore, aims to understand whether EFL teachers in Iran believe that language teaching is necessarily culture-bound, and how teachers' knowledge about culture and strategies for teaching culture affect their attitudes in developing intercultural competence in learners. To these purposes, the current research comprised a mixed-methods design. So as to collect the required data, a questionnaire was carried out on 50 Iranian EFL teachers who were selected randomly. Among them, 10 teachers were further interviewed to discuss their experiences of teaching language intertwined with culture. Having gathered and analyzed the data, it was found that the participants believed that language teaching is, in effect, culture teaching. The results also exposed that there was a significant relationship between the teachers' knowledge of nature of cultural elements and developing intercultural competence in learners.

Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics

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The Linguist and the Field of Education

1974

On-and off-campus opportunities for linguists with the schools of education at their own colleges and with public education in general are discussed, with a view to suggesting new areas of employment for those in linguistics. Depending on the linguist's background, there are many people in education to contact. Student teacher supervisors, reading teachersc and those who work with curriculum design are often highly receptive to and interested in the linguist's ideas. People working with social studies can utilize work done in linguistic geography and social dialectology. Abstract concepts of newer grammar models interest those who train mathematics teachers, and guidance counselors are interested in psycholinguistics. Particular emphasis is given to the need for more cooperation between professional educators and scholars, and several ways in which linguists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have handled the problem of interdisciplinary cooperation are described. (PMP) The Linguist and the Field cf Education