Cultural Differences: A Barrier to Native English Teachers in English as a Foreign Language Contexts

Võ, Thị Hoàng Yến
When teachers and students come from different cultures, many perplexities can arise. These can be due to different social positions of teachers and students in the two societies, to differences in expected teacher/student and student/student interaction, or to differences in the relevance of the curricula of the two societies (Hofstede). Therefore, it has been assumed that a teacher must be aware of socio-cultural differences to operate effectively in the classroom. This paper begins with cultural aspects of individualist and collectivist countries and influences of collectivist cultures in EFL classrooms. It also shows a number of cultural explanations of communication avoidance in EFL classrooms, especially inChina,JapanandVietnam. Finally, the paper presents some difficulties native speaking teachers encounter when teaching English in EFL contexts and potential solutions to these difficulties.
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Title: Cultural Differences: A Barrier to Native English Teachers in English as a Foreign Language Contexts
Other Titles: Sựkhác biệt văn hóa: Rào cản đối với giáo viên tiếng Anh bản ngữ giảng dạy tiếng Anh như một ngoại ngữ
Authors: Võ, Thị Hoàng Yến
Keywords: Cultural differences;Confucian Worldview;Language Learning and Teaching
Issue Date: 2014
Publisher: H. : ĐHQGHN
Series/Report no.: Vol 30;No 1
Description: p. 63-72
URI: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/58790
ISSN: 2525-2445
Appears in Collections:Foreign Studies

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