A Classroom Investigation

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1、AClassroomInvestigation:CanVideoImproveIntermediate-LevelFrenchLanguageStudents’AbilitytoLearnaboutaForeignCulture?CAROLHERRONCATHLEENCORRIEDepartmentofFrenchandItalianDepartmentofFrenchandItalianEmoryUniversityEmoryUniversityAtlanta,GA30322Atlanta,GA30322Email:cherron@emory.eduEmail

2、:ccorrie@learnlink.emory.eduSÉBASTIENDUBREILSTEVENP.COLEDepartmentofFrenchandItalianResearchDesignAssociatesEmoryUniversity721E.PoncedeLeonAvenueAtlanta,GA30322Decatur,GA30030Email:sdubrei@learnlink.emory.eduEmail:spc@cloud9.netThisstudyexaminestheeffectsofvideoonculturalknowledgeatt

3、heintermediatelevel.Fifty-oneintermediate-levelFrenchstudentsviewed8videos.Apretest/posttestdesignas-sessedlong-termgainsinculturalknowledgeandinthelearningofculturalpracticesandculturalproductsfromexposuretoacurriculumwithavideocomponent.Eightpostvideotestsmeasuredthestudents’abilit

4、ytoretaininformationandtomakeinferences.Aquestionnaireassessedperceptionsofculturallearning.Resultsindicatedasignificantgaininculturalknowledgewithposttestscoressignificantlyhigherthanpretestscores.Ontheshort-answerandfree-recallportionsofthe8postvideotests,thestudents’abilitytomakei

5、nferencesorretaininformationdidnotimprovesignificantlyineitheranadvanceorganizer(AO)oranon-AOcondition.Forfreerecall,scoresweresignificantlyhigherformentionsofculturalpracticesthanforproducts.Thestudentsbelievedthattheylearnedmoreculturalpracticesthanproducts.Theresultssupportusingvi

6、deotoenhanceculturalknowledge.FOREIGNLANGUAGE(FL)EDUCATORS1999;ACTFLProficiencyGuidelines,1986,1998;havereachedconsensusthatcultureneedstobeStandards,1996,1999).Thecurrentstudysup-anintegralpartofFLteachingatalllevels(Langeportsanintegratedmodeloflanguageandcul-&Klee,2000).Formerlyth

7、oughtofasthefifthtureacceptingthenotionthatculturalprofi-languageskill,culturewasviewedasinformationciencycanbedefinedasfollows:conveyedbytheFLratherthanasapartoftheFLitself.However,ifoneviewslanguageassocialtheprocessofacquiringtheculture-specificandcul-practice,culturebecomesthecor

8、eofFLinstruc