Aspects of Culture in Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Learning

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Introduction

   • Janusz Arabski, Adam Wojtaszek

   Pages 1-4

3. Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5

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   2. Understanding Culture Through a Lingua Franca

      • Anna Niżegorodcew

      Pages 7-20

   3. Sensitizing Foreign Language Learners to Cultural Diversity Through Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence

      • Liliana Piasecka

      Pages 21-33

   4. Do We Need to Teach Culture and How Much Culture Do We Need?

      • Agnieszka Otwinowska-Kasztelanic

      Pages 35-48

   5. The Contribution of FL Learning Experiences to the Development of Multicultural Identity

      • Dagmara Gałajda

      Pages 49-62

   6. The Attitudes of English Teachers Towards Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence

      • Małgorzata Jedynak

      Pages 63-73

4. Cultural Differences in Language Instruction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75

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5. Cultural differences in language instruction

   1. Cultural Differences in Perceptions of Form-Focused Instruction: The Case of Advanced Polish and Italian Learners

      • Mirosław Pawlak

      Pages 77-94

   2. Multilingual/Multicultural Perspective on the Identification of Dyslexia

      • Joanna Nijakowska

      Pages 95-106

   3. Is Teaching Culture-Bound? A Cross-Cultural Study on the Beliefs of ELT Teachers

      • Cem Can, Hasan Bedir, Grażyna Kiliańska-Przybyło

      Pages 107-120

   4. Australian Experience of Culturally Diverse University Classrooms

      • Beata Malczewska-Webb

      Pages 121-137

   5. Culture Through Literature in Foreign Language Teaching

      • Ann Gillian Elgar

      Pages 139-147

6. Culture-Related Concepts and Constructs

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149

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7. Culture-related concepts and constructs

   1. Time as Cultural Construct: Some Preliminary Remarks on the Conceptualization of Time in L1 and L2

      • Danuta Gabryś-Barker

      Pages 151-165

   2. Getting Rid of the Modesty Stigma

      • Ewa Bogdanowska-Jakubowska

      Pages 167-181

   3. Language Distance Across Cultures as a Way of Expressing Politeness and Not Only

      • Ireneusz Kida

      Pages 183-191

   4. Ethnic and Disciplinary Cultures and Understatement: Litotic Constructions in Polish and English Linguistics and Biology Research Articles

      • Andrzej Łyda, Krystyna Warchał

      Pages 193-216

   5. Ways of Expressing Birthday, Christmas and New Year’s and Easter Wishes in L2 and L3: Cross-Cultural Transfer and Interlanguage Pragmatics

      • Teresa Maria Włosowicz

      Pages 217-231

In recent years language learning has been increasingly viewed by some SLA researchers as an essentially social-psychological process in which the role of a wider sociocultural context should not be marginalized.  This volume offers a valuable contribution to this growing body of research by providing theoretical considerations and empirical research data on themes such as the development of intercultural communicative competence, the role of English as a lingua franca in intercultural communication, and the place of cultural factors in SLA theorizing, research, second/foreign language teaching and teacher training.  The volume also contains contributions which share the linguistic interest in the culture-related concepts and constructs such as time, modesty, politeness, and respect, discussing the culture-dependent differences in conceptualization and their reflection in particular language forms and linguistic devices.

• Intercultural Communication
• Intercultural Competence
• Language
• Second Language Acquisition

• Dept. of Language Acquisition, Institute of English, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland

  Janusz Arabski

• Institute of English, Department of Language Acquisition, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland

  Adam Wojtaszek

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