Culture expectations in foreign language classrooms – A case in Vietnam

Trang, Nguyen Huynh; Anh, Khâu Hoàng

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10033

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“…The findings indicate the role of interpreters is crucial, as they need to have a deep and sufficient understanding of the cultural taboos and sensitivities in both the SL and TL to prevent any communication breakdown. This is in line with the result from Nguyen and Khau (2022) who proved that a lack of effective integration of two cultures can cause communication breakdown and result in frustration for both parties involved. This study emphasizes the importance of intercultural competence in the interpretation process, which involves not only linguistic proficiency but also an understanding of the cultural nuances and customs of both the SL and TL.…”

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Investigating the Role of American and British Cultural Competence in Improving Efl Students' Interpretation Skills

Phat,

2023

EJFL

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Culture and language are inseparable from each other. Consequently, the integration of cultural content into language education becomes highly valuable, promoting the embracement of diverse cultures and intercultural understanding. This research aimed to explore the viewpoints of English major students on the importance of acquiring competence in American and British cultural competence for interpretation skills. A survey with two sections was employed to gather data from 32 participants, and descriptive statistics were used for data analysis. Overall, the study's findings indicated that EFL students had positive attitudes towards American and British cultures and the integration of these factors in interpretation courses. However, challenges arise when interpreting between Vietnamese and English due to unfamiliar cultural terms and concepts, as well as the lack of equivalent idioms in Vietnamese-English and English-Vietnamese interpreting. In the light of findings, the study provides essential recommendations for students and educators, emphasizing the need to enhance students' academic performance and intercultural competence as well as foster positive perceptions of the target cultures. Article visualizations:<img src="/-counters-/soc/0012/a.php" alt="Hit counter" />

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Investigating the Role of American and British Cultural Competence in Improving Efl Students' Interpretation Skills

Phat,

2023

EJFL

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“…Furthermore, Torres and Medriano (2020) identified writing as the most challenging of the four English skills since it is culturally rooted. Because civilizations differ, there are differences in the acceptable or favored rhetorical rules and conventions from one culture to the next (Trang and Anh, 2022).…”

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Exploring the metafunctions to improve EFL learners’ writing ability in the perspective of systemic functional linguistics

Herman,

Rafiek,

Agustina

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Writing in academic English is challenging and complex to learn, the root reasons for the issue, may include differences in the cultural backgrounds of the students, a deficiency in critical thinking skills, and a deficiency in linguistic proficiency. This study set out to investigate how metafunctions may be used to enhance students' writing skills. A research approach incorporating a qualitative case study will be employed to assess ninth-grade students' text composition. The data were gathered through collecting student writing over the school year 2021/2022. The students’ writings were the texts that were learnt in grade nine based on the curriculum. This study used Systemic Functional Linguistic theory and English texts to provide the framework for the text analysis. The texts were analyzed using the metafunction analysis in Hallidayan SFL to uncover the students’ ability to write English text. The teacher applied the Genre-based Approach when instructing his or her students on how to write. The results presented that metafunctions analysis was very important because there were ideational, interpersonal, and textual metafunctions. The ideational metafunction revealed the use of some processes in the students’ writing (material, mental, relational, and verbal), interpersonal revealed the importance of mood and residue elements in students’ writing and textual metafunction showed the importance of thematic progression pattern. This study indicated that to alleviate students’ challenges and strengthen their academic writing and critical thinking capacity, teachers should have a better understanding of the theory of Systemic Functional Linguistics.

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“…is a freshwater fish commodity that is increasingly demand in Indonesia. This fish is generally found in large rivers in Sumatera, Kalimantan, Java and is a freshwater fish that is cultivated intensively by rearing primarily in ponds [1,2]. However, Pangasius hatchery are still facing some problems, one of the obstacles to success in fish farming Pangasius sp.…”

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The use of Chromolaena odorata leaves to prevent fungal infection on eggs of Pangasius sp.

Mellisa,

Mirnawati,

Afriani

2024

BIO Web Conf.

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There are several obstacles in Pangasius hatchery such as low hatching rate and poor survival. One of the factors that cause low hatching rate on Pangasius sp. eggs is the fungal infection of Saprolegnia sp. Using plant extracts such as Chromolaena odorata leaves can prevent fungal infection because they have antifungal compounds. The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of C. odorata leaves extracts on the hatching rate of Pangasius sp. eggs. This research was conducted in March 2023 at Fish Seed Center, Southwest Aceh Regency. The method used in this study was Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 5 levels of treatment and 4 replications. The concentration C. odorata leaves extracts used were 0 ppm (control), 100 ppm, 120 ppm, 140 ppm and 160 ppm. Results revealed that the addition of C. odorata leaves extracts have a significant effect (P <0.05) on the hatching rate of Pangasius sp. eggs and the survival of Pangasius sp. larvae. Furthermore, it was found that the best treatment in this study was at concentration of 140 ppm of C. odorata leaves extracts, which resulted in a hatching rate of 76.25% and survival of 90.83%.

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Culture expectations in foreign language classrooms – A case in Vietnam

Cited by 4 publications

References 11 publications

Investigating the Role of American and British Cultural Competence in Improving Efl Students' Interpretation Skills

Investigating the Role of American and British Cultural Competence in Improving Efl Students' Interpretation Skills

Exploring the metafunctions to improve EFL learners’ writing ability in the perspective of systemic functional linguistics

The use of Chromolaena odorata leaves to prevent fungal infection on eggs of Pangasius sp.

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