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Cultural Meaning and Structure in Conversations and their Pedagogical Implications
Author(s) -
Rings Lana
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1989.tb02769.x
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , german , linguistics , conversation , function (biology) , psychology , foreign language , sociology , philosophy , evolutionary biology , psychotherapist , biology
As teachers of foreign language are becoming more aware than ever that language form, function, and cultural meaning are integrally linked, two questions arise which demand our attention: how are form, function, and meaning interconnected within target language texts, and how can knowledge of structure and meaning interrelationships be conveyed to students? To these ends, this article examines features of a German conversation, which illustrate some of the connections. It then explom the pedagogical implications through suggested first‐year classroom activities.