The Clash of cultures: Learning through English in Papua New Guinea  

Oleh:

McLaughlin, Denis

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Culture and Curriculum (Full Text) vol. 10 no. 2 (1997), page 89-105.
Fulltext: 10.2.89-105.pdf (1.15MB)

Ketersediaan

Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/LCC/10 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

Lihat Detail Induk

Isi artikel

When expatriate academics teach Papua New Guineans, there is often a cultural dynamic at play that is inconsistent with that operating in 'Western' universities. Insights into some of these issues, particularly language, may assist expatriates to restructure accepted assumptions about teaching and learning in English to more appropriately meet the needs of students from a different culture. This paper argues that language problems occur because students are educated in a language in which their teachers themselves lack facility. Moreover, in the Papua New Guinea context the learning problems with English are associated with a lack of equivalence between the concepts in the academic discourse and the students' existing conceptual framework. Learning problems in English are more about concept acquisition than translation.

Opini Anda

Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini!

Kembali