Stage 2 guidelines for reading: Cultural framework

Here are some cultural framework objectives for Stage 2 learners for reading:

• To learn more about how the environment affects the way people act and think
• To learn more about different institutions and groups of people within the society and how they relate to each other; particularly families, neighbors, friends, co-workers, and fellow citizens
• To find out more about the core values and beliefs of a group and how pass them on to their children
• To learn more about the different stages of life and important life passages
• To learn about symbolic culture represented in literature

Here are some cultural framework strategies for Stage 2 guidelines for reading:

• Advance organization

  Read pertinent sections of the Themes for sociocultural exploration so you know what to look for and pay attention to. (see below)

• Practice

  Look for texts that will help you understand various cultural themes.

• Selective attention

  Look for information on specific sociocultural themes in what you read.

Here are some cultural framework techniques for Stage 2 guidelines for reading:

• The Text Portfolio technique
• The Text Analysis technique

Here is an cultural framework activity for Stage 2 guidelines for reading:

• Read a variety of texts of different literary genres on various subjects.

  Tips:

  If you have to stop and look up too many words in a dictionary, the reading matter is probably too hard for your stage. Choose something easier. School books are a great source of information about what people think is important for their children to learn.

• Sociocultural themes: Environment
• Sociocultural themes: Daily life
• Sociocultural themes: Social relations
• Sociocultural themes: Values and beliefs

• Generic module: Stage 2 guidelines for reading: Cultural framework
• In overview module: Stage 2: Reading modules
• In modular book: Guidelines for a Language and Culture Learning Program, by Carol J. Orwig
• In document collection: Other Resources
• In bookshelf: Language Learning

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 3.5, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

Page content last modified: 8 December 1998

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