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Four Approaches to Cultural Studies
FIRST APPROACH
Name of the approach: academic
Time allocated: not mention
Physical setting for the lessons: not mention
Characteristics of the students: agroup considered to be the highest achievers
Teachers qualification and experiences: teacher's own experience
Technics used in the lessons: The activity of language learning is carried out in seriousways, with little role-play and no games or drawing
The significance of the textbook: there was rapid progression through the textbook, homework was given regularly and pupils expected to takeresponsability for handing it in.
Their talk about culture: a considerable amount of cultural information is provided, spontaneously as the opportunity arises from the textbook
Type of the examination:consisted of reading and answering comprehension questions on a number of letters supposedly to and from a hotel in paris. Pupils were asked to compuse in french part of a written dialogue in a cafeand apost office. They also were required to translate a number of sentences and write down a correct form of a number of verbs.
The importance of organised visits to a foreign country: not mentionSECOND APPROACH
Name of the approach: Survival approach
Time allocated: not mention
Physical setting for the lessons: not mention
Characteristics of the students: lower ability
Teachersqualification and experiences:has a formal qualification at the school leaving certificate level(advanced general certificated of education) and continued her studies and teaching qualificatin in art
Technicsused in the lessons: A variety of teaching materials was used, including video recordings, documents and the like brought from France and narration of the teacher's own experience as a tourist
Thesignificance of the textbook:lessons werecharacterised by a relatively large amount of information presented in the spirit of the textbook which stresses preparing pupils for a visit to France as...