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The Role Of Culture In Foreign Language Curriculum Design And Teaching As A Tool For Promoting Cultural Awareness, Arwa Ghazi Alghusain

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This thesis was designed to develop a specifically directed curriculum unit for military students at the Defense Language Institute, the goal of which is to expose students to the distinctive aspects of Arab culture. Knowledge of culture is indispensable when studying a foreign language. Learning about the uniqueness of the culture of the target language tends to inculcate feelings of acceptance and tolerance of that culture. The thesis discusses an array of topics related to the definition of culture, role of culture in foreign language acquisition, tolerance, task-based instruction and other references to theoretical and empirical sources in the field …