Culture as the core : perspectives on culture in second language learning

Introduction. Part I: Culture as the Core: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Culture Teaching and Learning in the Second Language Currlculum. Extending Communicative Concepts in the Second Language Curriculum: A Sociolinguistic Perspective, Muriel Saville-Troike. Teaching Along the Cultural Faultline, Claire Kramsch. A Linguistic Anthropological Perspective on Language and Culture in the Second Language Curricuium, Jill Brody. Culture in Second Language Learning and Teaching: Anthropology Revisited, Robert C. Lafayette. Closing the Language and Culture Gap: An Intercultural-Communication Perspective, Louise Damen. Theoretical Foundations of Intercultural Training and Applications to the Teaching of Culture, Shelley L. Smith, R. Michael Paige, and Inge Steglitz. A Critical Perspective on Culture in the Second Language Classroom, Lindo M. Crawford and Peter McLaren. Part II: Culture as the Core: Integrating Culture into the Language Curriculum. Culture Learning in Language Education: A Review of the Literature, R. Michael Paige, Helen Jorstad, Laura Staya, Francine Klein, and Jeanette Colby. National Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Culture the Driving Force, June K. Phillips. Developing Intercultural Competence in the Language Classroom, Janet M. Bennett, Milton J. Bennett and Wendy Allen. Implications of Theory and Research for the Development of Principles for Teaching and Learning Culture in Second Language Classrooms, Dale L. Lange. Future Directions for Culture Teaching and Learning: Implications of the New Culture Standards and Theoretical Frameworks for Curriculum, Assessment, Instruction, and Research, Dale L. Lange.