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Teaching Cultural Prototypes And Detecting Prototypical Errors Of L2 Learners, Tina Bennett Mowrey
Teaching Cultural Prototypes And Detecting Prototypical Errors Of L2 Learners, Tina Bennett Mowrey
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The focus of this study is the problem of first language (L1) transfer of cultural prototypes to specific L2 lexical items. This paper will provide a method for identifying and understanding cultural nuances in the meaning of words during the process of learning. An explanation of the learning process will be presented and the iconic or the prototypical level of cross-cultural communication will be analyzed. The APP will present a teaching approach on how to ascertain the L1 cultural prototypes being transferred to specific L2 lexical items. How to negotiate the meaning of these cultural prototypes of lexical items will …