Understanding cultural conflict in EFL classrooms in the UAE

Bridget Maureen Walker PALMER

doi:https://doi.org/10.32601/ejal.460624

Makale detayları

Understanding cultural conflict in EFL classrooms in the UAE

Yazarlar:

Bridget Maureen Walker PALMER

Yayıncı:

Ece ZEHİR TOPKAYA

Ana Başlıklar:

Dilbilimleri

Dergi:

Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics 2015 Vol.1 Issue 2, pp.77-95

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2015

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000705804

Sıklık:

Aylık

eISSN:

2149-1135

pISSN:

2149-1135

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32601/ejal.460624

Özet:

 


In the field of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teaching, it is common for instructors and students
to come from very different cultural backgrounds. Instructors who leave their home countries and go to
teach abroad may have trouble adjusting to the culture of their new teaching context, and cultural
misunderstandings that interfere with learning may occur in the classroom (Kramsch, 1993). This
research focused on cultural conflicts between Western, native English-speaking instructors and their
Arab students at two university-level EFL programs in the UAE. Questionnaires and interviews were
used to discover the details of specific classroom cultural conflicts and categorize them. Nine categories of
classroom cultural conflicts were identified, the major ones being inappropriate materials/discussion
topics, mixed-gender issues, and disrespect for religious customs. 

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Makale detayları

Understanding cultural conflict in EFL classrooms in the UAE

Yazarlar: Bridget Maureen Walker PALMER

Yayıncı: Ece ZEHİR TOPKAYA

Ana Başlıklar: Dilbilimleri

Dergi: Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics 2015 Vol.1 Issue 2, pp.77-95

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 9/2015

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000705804

Sıklık: Aylık

eISSN: 2149-1135

pISSN: 2149-1135

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32601/ejal.460624

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Bridget Maureen Walker PALMER

Yayıncı:

Ece ZEHİR TOPKAYA

Ana Başlıklar:

Dilbilimleri

Dergi:

Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics 2015 Vol.1 Issue 2, pp.77-95

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2015

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000705804

Sıklık:

Aylık

eISSN:

2149-1135

pISSN:

2149-1135

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32601/ejal.460624