Publisher's Synopsis
Language is the ability to acquire and use complex systems of communication, particularly the human ability to do so, and a language is any specific example of such a system. Culture is the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. The text Language, Culture and Education: Recent Studies and Developments focuses on recent studies and developments of language, culture and education. First chapter reviews culture as perceived in a number of language teaching perspectives. The aim of second chapter is to present partial results of the interdisciplinary higher education program related to the interdisciplinary general education proposal, which represents an innovation in the Brazilian higher education culture. Third chapter critically affirms that the three components of language, culture and literacy could be harnessed to ensure national development in the country. Fourth chapter focuses on culture, language, and knowledge about the syncretism. Fifth chapter examines how language might influence and be influenced by culture, and what can be found out about a particular culture by studying its language by providing an overview of the relationship between the study of language and the study of culture. Sixth chapter reports on an ongoing study into the presence and status of cultural content in tertiary EFL teaching in Vietnam and the effect of intercultural language learning on learners' EFL learning. Seventh chapter reviews existing theories, definitions and a conceptual framework to the development of ICC which involves cognitive, affective and psychological factors, and intends to capture the interrelations that are embedded in language, thought and culture. Eighth chapter presents an overview of the research on teaching culture and describes effective pedagogical practices that can be integrated into the second language curriculum. Ninth chapter presents a case study of how an international/intercultural-communication-focused program offered by a university in Australia responds to landscape more adequately. Tenth chapter discusses contemporary tendencies in developmental psychology, the concept of development in ontogenesis, and basic assumptions to study them. Eleventh chapter summarizes a quasi-experimental field study which explored the relative effects of alternative types of school interventions on parent engagement. Last chapter deals with educational opportunities in BME specialization.
