LOGO YOUR SITE HERE American Culture Learning in the EFL Classroom: A Case of University of Technology in Taiwan Andy Huang

Contents 1. Introduction 2. Literature Review 3. Methodology 2

 1. Introduction 3 Research Background Statements of Problem Purposes of Research

Research Background  The importance of the Culture of English speaking country has been emphasize in ESL/EFL teaching over and over again by researchers(Byram & Morgan, 1994; Byram & Risager, 1999;Hinkel,1999; Hymes, 1996; Kramsch, 1993; 1998 Savignon & Sysoyev, 2002). 1. Introduction 4

Research Background  King(2002) consider movie as a useful resource for teaching. In English language teaching, the features include:  1.Present language as authentic materials.  2.To learn from the natives and the EIL speakers.  3.To provide enjoyable learning experience. 1. Introduction 5

Statements of Problem  Using American movies as a tool to enhance ESL/EFL students’ American culture learning has been widely discussed for decades. However, few studies focus on the EFL participants at a university of technology.(Lin,2008) 1. Introduction 6

Statements of Problem  Using American movies as a tool to enhance ESL/EFL students’ American culture learning has been widely discussed for decades. However, few studies focus on the EFL participants at a university of technology. Most of all, not much research specifically explores how learning American movie dialogues can elevate cultural knowledge and English proficiency of EFL students (Lin,2008) 1. Introduction 7

Purposes of Research  The study aims to explore CYUT(Chaoyang University of Technology) English major freshmen’s attitudes/motivation toward learning American movie dialogues. In addition, this study investigates how these participants could augment their American culture learning and English learning attitudes/motivation by watching American movies. 1. Introduction 8

The elements of Culture? The elements of Culture(Gail Robinson,1985) 9 2. Literature Review

 Language + culture -> communication flesh blood a living organism swimming water swimming skill vehicle traffic light transportation ( Jiang,2000) Literature Review

 Why to use Films in the Language Classroom? 1.To increase learners’ motivation(Chiang 1997,Stempleski 1992,Stempleski&Tomalin2001,Su 1995,Lin 2002, Ro 2009) 2. To offers the best way of showing language in real-life situations(Lin 2002) 3. To show cultural features beyond the spoken word-body language, facial expressions and gestures(Lin 2002) 4.To show authentic materials in which native speakers talk with natural speed in communication(Lin 2001) Literature Review

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Participants: 30 CYUT AFL freshman Time: two semester Pretest/Posttest tool: 1.Toeic 2.Questionnaires- Attitudes/Motivation toward English learning.(5 points Likert scale) 3.Self-reported American cultural knowledge improvement 4.Examinations of the American movie course.(posttest only) Methodology

Pretest/Posttest tool: 5. One Interview with six volunteers Data analysis tool: Spss 13 Teaching material: 1.Movies selected according to American cultural features(i.e. Heroism, Racism, American musical, etc.) 2.Hangouts made by instructors. 3.Additional clips and Music Videos related Methodology

Research Questions 1.What kind of English learning attitudes/motivation do the Ss have after attending the American movie course? 2.What are the academic grade of the Ss? Methodology

Research Questions 3.What are the Ss’ attitudes/motivation toward the course after attending the American movie course? 4.Are there changes appear on the Ss’ Toeic score after attending the course? Methodology

Research Questions 5.What is the relationship among those variables of the Ss: the Toeic score, attitude/motivation toward the American course, self-reported American cultural knowledge improvement? Methodology

Movie watching(1hr) Teaching(30mins) Presentations from the Students on cultural issues(30mins) Teaching Procedure for each lesson Methodology

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