Stage 1 guidelines for listening: Cultural framework

Here are some cultural framework objectives for Stage 1 for listening:

To become familiar with basic objects in the material culture, such as parts of the house, food, trees and plants, animals, household furniture, and artifacts

• To explore people's living patterns where they live
• To find out who is related to whom

Here are some cultural framework strategies for Stage 1 guidelines for listening:

• Observation

  You will notice some things at the beginning that you may not pay attention to later, so it is important to take notes and write down what you observe from the beginning.

• Study

  Read some good books on cultural anthropology and some ethnographies to see what kinds of things you should observe.

• Selective attention

  Identify the kinds of things people commonly talk about.

Here are some cultural framework techniques for Stage 1 guidelines for listening:

• The Participant Observation technique
• The Script Analysis technique

Here is an cultural framework activity for Stage 1 guidelines for listening:

Even if you cannot follow the gist of conversations between native speakers, you can listen for words you recognize and try to identify the topic of the conversation. Later when you get home, make a note of the topics people talked about.

• Generic module: Stage 1 guidelines for listening: Cultural framewo...
• In overview module: Stage 1: 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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