Stage 3 guidelines for reading: Cultural framework

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

• To learn more about how people interact with their environment
• To learn more about different institutions and groups of people within the society and how they relate to each other
• 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 symbolic culture represented in literature
• To learn to match meaning derived from extralinguistic knowledge with that derived from knowledge of the language

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

• Advance organization

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

• Analysis

  Analyze semantic domains relevant to the text you read and what they tell you about the cultural framework of the author.

• Selective attention

  Look for information on specific sociocultural themes in what you read. Note cultural allusions you do not understand, and ask local speakers about them.

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

• The Text Portfolio technique
• The Text Analysis technique

Here is a cultural framework activity for Stage 3 guidelines for reading:

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

  Tip:	Remember, if you have to stop and look up too many words in a dictionary, the reading matter is probably too hard for you. Choose something easier.

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

• Generic module: Stage 3 guidelines for reading: Cultural framework
• In overview module: Stage 3: 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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