CHAT in EFL: Communicative Humanistic Acculturation Techniques.

Autor/in	Evans, Daniel W.
Titel	CHAT in EFL: Communicative Humanistic Acculturation Techniques.
Quelle	In: Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 5 (2000) 1, S.1-8 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Acculturation; Adjustment (to Environment); Creative Teaching; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Humanistic Education; Student Participation; Teacher Student Relationship; Teaching Methods; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akkulturation; Creative thinking; Teaching; Kreatives Denken; Unterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Humanistische Bildung; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Korea; Republik
Abstract	This paper introduces the concept of communicative humanistic acculturation teaching techniques and presents examples of activities used in university English-as-a-Second-Language classes in South Korea. The activities elicited the aid of students in the roles of advisor, facilitator, and counselor to the teacher in his ongoing struggle to cope with adjustment to living in Korea. Some of the activities included a gift ranking activity (helping the teacher determine what kinds of gifts to buy for his Korean-born fiancee's family), a meeting future in-laws role play, reaction to a video of the teacher's trip to his fiancee's home and neighborhood in Japan, and an essay writing activity in which students created short essays comparing and contrasting themselves to a sibling or close friend. These activities enhanced learners' acquisition of English by: (1) providing realistic, purposeful communicative encounters that motivated students to express themselves; (2) establishing a personal relationship between students and the foreign teacher; and, by extension (3) fostering positive attitudes toward the language, culture, and people of the United States. An appendix includes the teacher's autobiographical dictation used in one class activity. (Author/SM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC