The involvement of Polish teachers of English in teaching target language culture

• Authors: Jerzy Zybert
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

The present paper discusses the current perception of the concept of culture with relation to FL students’ needs. It explores the extent to which Polish teachers of English are aware of the significance of teaching target culture and reports on its actual implementation in the language classroom. Comments on the present situation and suggestions for improving it are provided.

Keywords

PL

culture; communication; language learning; teaching

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Scripta Neophilologica Posnaniensia
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 18
• Pages: 259-265

Dates

published

2019-02-07

Contributors

author

Jerzy Zybert

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/snp.2018.18.22