The following paper offers a Canadian educator’s reflections on teaching a content-based culture course in Commonwealth Studies to university-level Korean EFL learners. Describing the course’s rationale, teaching methods, materials, and student assessment methods, along with student reactions to the course, the paper suggests Commonwealth Studies can serve as a useful framework by which to educate Korean students–and possibly other English learners in Asia–on the international and cultural dimensions of the English language, improve their English skills, and make them more effective cross-cultural communicators.
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BACKGROUND RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES COURSE SYLLABUS TEACHING METHODS MATERIALS ASSESSMENT STUDENT REACTIONS CONCLUSION THE AUTHOR REFERENCES APPENDIX
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Derrick Nault [ Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan ]
The goals of Asia TEFL are to promote scholarship, disseminate information, and facilitate cross-cultural understanding among persons concerned with the teaching and learning of English in Asia. In order to accomplish this, Asia TEFL will pursue the following goals:
1. To link ELT professionals in joint research on issues and concerns regarding English teaching and learning in the Asian context.
2. To publish an academic journal, The Asia TEFL Journal, as an internationally recognized journal in the field of English language teaching.
3. To host conferences and seminars addressing important issues concerning ELT in Asia.
4. To develop proficiency guidelines and assessment methods designed for the needs of the Asian context.
5. To develop programs for Asian learners and teachers of English to build their English language proficiency and cultural understanding and provide them with the skills required to be efficient English teaching professionals.