American cultural values as seen through a film and their application to a Turkish classroom
Amerikan kültürel değerlerinin bir film aracılığıyla değerlendirilmesi ve bir Türk sınıfına uygulanması
- Tez No: 89707
- Danışmanlar: DR. PATRİCİA N. SULLİVAN
- Tez Türü: Yüksek Lisans
- Konular: Eğitim ve Öğretim, İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı, Education and Training, English Linguistics and Literature
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Belirtilmemiş.
- Yıl: 1999
- Dil: İngilizce
- Üniversite: İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent Üniversitesi
- Enstitü: Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
- Ana Bilim Dalı: Yabancı Dil Olarak İngilizce Öğretimi Ana Bilim Dalı
- Bilim Dalı: Belirtilmemiş.
- Sayfa Sayısı: 123
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ABSTRACT Title: American Cultural Values as Seen Through a Film and Their Application to a Turkish Classroom. Author: Aylin Bunk Thesis Chairperson: David Palfreyman Bilkent University, MA TEFL Program Committee Members: Dr. Patricia Sullivan Dr. William Snyder Bilkent University, MA TEFL Program Michele Rajotte Bilkent University, MA TEFL Program Although EFL classrooms are very suitable places to examine cultural aspects of a language, this part of classroom learning is widely neglected because of the attention given to language skills. In many classrooms, students' exposure to the target culture is far from being systematic; it can be somewhat random. In addition, since the language is taught in the learners' own environment, learners may lack opportunities to be exposed to the target culture. As a result, they may have little or no awareness of the target culture and are likely to experience difficulties in adjustment if they enter a target culture environment. Therefore, language teachers should expose students to cross-cultural contexts that will help them to understand the target culture better and clarify misconceptions; this should also enhance cross- cultural communication. On the basis of these views, this study investigated underlying cultural differences between Turkish and American people by examining their perceptions ofthemes and issues raised in an American film. It also examined which of these insights might be useful in a cross-cultural communication class in Turkey, and for what reasons. Data were collected from two different groups of participants through questionnaires and discussions after watching the film Grand Canyon. One of the groups included six Turkish teachers of English who worked in different universities in Turkey. The other one was a group of five Americans who were teachers at Bilkent University. Both groups viewed the film separately and noted the major themes and issues that they observed. After viewing, the groups discussed the film. Theme discussions were audiotaped, transcribed, and analyzed through discourse analysis techniques. The data gathered from the transcriptions were categorized for the most part according to American values as presented by Robert Kohls (1984). The results of the study indicated that there are differences between the discussions of Turkish and the American groups, and these can be related to underlying values concerning fate, equality, individualism, work orientation, directness and openness in human and family relationships, materialism, public behavior, efficiency in service, and power. The findings lay ground work for an examination of cultural differences in an EFL class, especially for students who plan to further their study in the target culture
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