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Acknowledgements .............................. ....... i

Abstract ........... ii

Abbreviations ....... iii

List of Tables and Charts ..................... iv

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ................ .......... 1

1.1. Rationale ...... 1

1.2. Aims of the study .... 2

1.3. Scope of the study ............... 2

1.4. Research questions of the study ................. 3

1.5. Methods of the study ................. 3

1.6. Design of the study ......... . 3

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW .......... 4

2.1. The place of culture knowledge in foreign language learning ........ 4

2.1.1. Definition of Culture ..................... 4

2.1.2. Culture knowledge and foreign language learning ..... . 5

2.1.3. Cultural elemnets in foreign language learning ....... ...... 7

2.2. Goals for incorporating culture into the foreign language class ..... 9

2.3. Comparing and Contrasting as activities of raising students’

culture awareness ............ . 10

2.3.1. Comparing - Contrasting approach ............. 10

2.3.2. Activities for incorporating culture into foreign language training ...... 11

2.3.2.1. Cartoon categories.... ..... 12

2.3.2.2. Dating customs............. ........ 13

2.3.2.3. Cross- cultural role plays............ 15

2.3.2.4. Shopping habits ............................... 15

2.3.2.5. Show and Tell.......................... ....... 17

2.3.2.6. Front- page features................................. .. 17

2.3.2.7. Today’s TV schedule ................................. 19

2.3.2.8. Early, on time, or late ? ....................... 20

2.3.2.9. Holiday photographs........................... .... 21

2.3.2.10. Social behaviour ..................................... 22

2.4. Conclusion ....................................... ............. 24

CHAPTER 3: THE STUDY ................................... 25

3.1. Situation analysis ............................ ... 25

3.1.1. Setting of the study ........... 25

3.1.2. Participants and classroom context ............... 26

3.2. Data collecting instruments ..................... 26

3.2.1. Survey questionnaires ........................ 27

3.2.2. Class observation ...................... . 27

3.2.3. Interviews and informal discussions .............. 28

3.3. Data analysis ................................... ......... 28

3.3.1. An overview on Tourism students’ English culture learning at HCC ....... 28

3.3.1.1. Tourism students’ choice of suitable sections for English cultural delivery

at HCC .................................... 28

3.3.1.2. Tourism students’ preferences in English cultural elements ....... 29

3.3.1.3. Tourism students’ sources for enriching cultural information .......... 30

3.3.1.4. Tourism students’ opinion of the problems when they deal with

cultural activities in the class .......................... 30

3.3.2. The change in Tourism students’ test result after the application ......... 31

3.3.3. The change in Tourism students’ survey questionnaire result after the application

3.3.3.1. The change in Tourism students’ viewpoints on the role of culture in ELL ... 33

3.3.3.2. The change in Tourism students’ evaluation on their own English

cultural knowledge ............................. 34

3.3.3.3. The change in Tourism students’ expectation on the frequency

of English culture learnig .............. 35

3.4. Conclusion ................. 37

Chapter 4: Conclusions .............. 38

4.1. Summary of the study .......................... 38

4.2. Limitations of the study ......................... 39

4.3. Recommendations for the further study .................. 39

Appendixes ........... I

References ....... VI