{"id":1043,"date":"2020-10-08T02:30:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T02:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cls\/?page_id=1043"},"modified":"2021-04-06T02:08:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T02:08:02","slug":"clasic-2012","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cls\/clasic\/clasic-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"CLaSIC 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\tCLaSIC 2012\n\t<\/h1>\n\t

The Fifth CLS International Conference
\nCLaSIC 2012
\nCulture in Foreign Language Learning:
\nFraming and Reframing the Issue
\nSingapore, 6-8 December 2012<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCLaSIC 2012\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout ClaSIC\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSponsors\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRegistration\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCall for Papers\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConference Programme\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOrganising Committee\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout Singapore\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tContact Us\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\tCLaSIC 2012\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKeynote Speakers<\/strong>\nMichael Byram (Durham University)
\nKimi Kondo-Brown (University of Hawai\u2019i at Manoa)
\nClaire Kramsch (University of California Berkeley)\nTheme<\/strong>
\nCLaSIC 2012 \u2013 Culture in Foreign Language Learning: Framing and Reframing the IssueThe National Center for Cultural Competence at Georgetown University de\u00adfines culture as an integrated pattern of human behavior that includes thoughts, communications, languages, practices, beliefs, values, customs, courtesies, rituals, manners of interacting and roles, relationships and expected behaviors of a racial, ethnic, religious or social group; and the ability to transmit the above to succeeding generations. This de\u00adfinition of culture makes it obvious that language is more than just a means to express a culture; it is in fact an integral part of that culture. Language and culture are therefore closely intertwined and it is hardly possible to teach a language without culture, for culture provides the necessary context for language use. It is therefore not surprising that the US National Standards in Foreign Language Education lists the understanding of the target language culture and its perspectives, practices and products as a key objective of foreign language education.\n

In making the study of the role of culture in foreign language learning the theme of CLaSIC 2012, the Organizing Committee acknowledges its undoubted importance and encourages participants to actively contemplate and debate this essential issue. Through scholarly and critical interactions with a diverse range of subthemes, ranging from \u201cculture, identity and motivation\u201d to \u201cintercultural language teaching\u201d and \u201cethnographic approaches to language teaching,\u201d it is hoped that a keener understanding of the multi-faceted relationship between culture and foreign language education can be achieved.<\/p>\n