Products, Practices, & Perspectives

All of the following are examples of "practices" of Culture except...

• Utensils used for eating

• Patterns of social interactions

• Paying a set price or bartering

• Rites of passage such as getting married

All of the following are examples of "products" of Culture except...

• toys

• books

• music

• table manners

All of the following are examples of "perspectives" of Culture except...

• importance of family

• value of multilingualism

• belief in individual freedom

• greeting with two kisses

This is an example of...

• cultural product

• cultural practice

• cultural perspective

This is an example of...

• cultural product

• cultural practice

• cultural perspective

Teaching of Cultures is strengthened when students read, listen to or view "authentic materials which can be...

• Written and oral communications produced by members of a language and culture group for member of the same language and culture group

• Magazines and online articles, restaurant menus, poems, radio and TV shows

• Language in real use, "reflecting the details of everyday life in a culture as well as its societal values"

• All of the above

Of the following, the LEAST effective way to teach Culture is...

• Students experience and explore the culture

• Integrated with the practice and development of communication

• Isolated cultural topics in specific mini-lessons