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A Linguistic and A Cultural Competence: Can They Live Happily Together?
Author(s) -
King Charlotte P.
Publication year - 1990
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.1944-9720.1990.tb00341.x
Subject(s) - linguistic competence , linguistics , cultural competence , foreign language , linguistic description , psychology , competence (human resources) , component (thermodynamics) , sociology , pedagogy , social psychology , philosophy , physics , thermodynamics
This article describes a process by which authentic documents may be integrated into first‐ and second‐year college and high‐school classes to form a cultural component in the earliest stages of foreign language study. It discusses how linguistic and cultural information may be extracted from these documents in the form of “actes de parole” to conform to the grammatical level of the students, and outlines ways by which cultural and linguistic information so taught may be tested.