Language, culture, and the embodied mind : a developmental model of linguaculture learning / Joseph Shaules.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaules, Joseph, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Second language acquisition.

Intercultural communication.

Multicultural education.

Physical Description:

xi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer, [2019]

Summary:

"There is an odd contradiction at the heart of language and culture learning: Language and culture are, so to speak, two sides of a single coin-language reflects the thinking, values and worldview of its speakers. Despite this, there is a persistent split between language and culture in the classroom. Foreign language pedagogy is often conceptualized in terms of gaining knowledge and practicing skills, while cultural learning goals are often conceptualized in abstract terms, such asawareness or criticality. This book helps resolve this dilemma. Informed by brain and mind sciences, its core message is that language and culture learning can both be seen as a single, interrelated process-the embodiment of dynamic systems of meaning into the intuitive mind. This deep learning process is detailed in the form of the Developmental Model of Linguaculture Learning (DMLL). Grounded in dynamic skill theory, the DMLL describes four developmental levels of language and culture learning, which represents a subtle, yet important shift in language and culture pedagogy. Rather than asking how to add culture into language education, we should be seeking ways to make language and culture learning deeper-more integrated, embodied, experiential and transformational. This book provides a theoretical approach, including practical examples, for doing so"--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Part 1: Background. Deep learning, language and culture

Introduction

Deep language and culture learning

Globalization and deep culture learning

The intuitive mind

Deep learning

The psychology of linguaculture learning

Part 2: Theory. The Developmental Model of Linguaculture Learning

Language and culture pedagogy

The language and culture debate

An embodied view of linguaculture

A developmental model of linguaculture learning

The DMLL as a roadmap to learning

Part 3: Practice. A user's guide to the DMLL

FAQs of a linguaculture learning approach

The DMLL in Language Learning

Deep culture learning

15. Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Shaules, Joseph. Language, culture, and the embodied mind.

ISBN:

9811505861

9789811505867

OCLC:

1117311104