Edutopia – Elena Spathis
“I believe that in some world language courses, there is a strong focus on language skills, but culture is overlooked. Sometimes it’s even missing from the curriculum entirely. This represents a missed opportunity for student engagement: Without cultural contexts, students are robbed of a full and engaging language learning experience. It shouldn’t be this way. Effective world language instruction merges language and culture. After all, we language teachers strive not only to equip our students with the language they need to communicate but also to ignite curiosity and create global awareness and cultural competence.” (more)