Teaching culture : strategies for intercultural communication / H. Ned Seelye.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-297) and index.

When we talk about "culture," what are we talking about? -- Why do people act the way they do? -- Seven goals of cultural instruction -- After we do our thing, what can the student do? -- Giving classroom activities a purposeful punch -- Building a survival kit for culture shock -- Culture assimilators, culture capsules, culture clusters -- Asking the right questions -- Testing culture, or how do you know they learned something? -- If I'm bicultural, will the real me please stand up? -- Sharing a good thing: global education -- What are the sources?

Teaching Culture provides practical strategies for integrating language and culture study and outlines six goals for cultural instruction. Sample learning units, abundant activities, cultural mini-dramas, and student performance objectives help teachers illustrate how the cultural context of communication is vital to understanding the message.