Stage 3 guidelines for listening: Cultural framework

Here are some cultural framework objectives for Stage 3 for listening:

• To learn more about how people interact with their environment
• To learn more about different types of social relations and institutions
• To find out more about the values and beliefs of people
• To learn more about the different stages of life and important life passages
• To learn about arts and entertainment and what is symbolized in them
• To understand most puns and jokes
• To comprehend most nonverbal responses

Here are some cultural framework strategies for Stage 3 guidelines for listening:

• Advance organization

  Read pertinent sections of the Themes for sociocultural exploration so that you will know what to look for and pay attention to.

• Observation

  Always pay attention to what you can learn from the culture through observation and listening.

• Analysis

  Analyze what you recorded for information about the culture on specific themes.

Here are some cultural framework techniques for Stage 3 guidelines for listening:

The Script Analysis technique

• The Discovering Categories technique
• The Ethnographic Interview technique
• The Life History Interview technique
• The Dialogue Variations technique

Here are some cultural framework activities for Stage 3 guidelines for listening:

• The Social Visiting activity

  • You can really benefit from spending time in situations, such as choirs, associations, clubs, festivities, and celebrations where you can sit and observe people and listen to what they talk about.

• Special occasions

  • Take advantage of opportunities to be present at celebrations for special occasions that come along, such as weddings, funerals, elections, and public holidays.

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

Sociocultural themes: Arts and entertainment

Sociocultural themes: Life cycle passages

• Generic module: Stage 3 guidelines for listening: Cultural framewo...
• In overview module: Stage 3: Listening 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

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