Naslov
Interkulturelle Elemente im Fachsprachenunterricht
(Intercultural Elements in Language for Specific Purposes Courses)

Autori
Husinec, Snježana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of The International Language Conference on the Importance of Learning Professional Languages for Communication between Cultures 2010 / Vičič, P. ; Orthaber, S. - Celje : Univerza v Mariboru, Fakulteta za logistiko, 2010, 1-9

Skup
The International Language Conference on “The Importance of Learning Professional Languages for Communication between Cultures”

Mjesto i datum
Celje, Slovenija, 23.09.2010. - 24.09.2010

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
kontrastive Analyse ; kulturelle Asymmetrie ; interkulturelle Kompetenz ; Fachsprachenkurs ; kulturapezifische Fachinhalte und Fachtermini
(contrastive analysis ; cultural asymmetry ; intercultural competence ; LSP-course ; teaching culture-specific content and technical terms)

Sažetak
It is widely recognised nowadays that sociocultural knowledge and intercultural awareness are essential for successful communication in a foreign language. Therefore, students’ intercultural competence has to be developed along with their language competence within a foreign language course. Since languages for specific purposes are highly content-dependant and culture-bound the need for raising intercultural awareness and acquiring sociocultural knowledge in LSP courses can be even greater than in a general language course. Namely, culture-specific content and deeply culturally embedded concepts and terms may lead to confusions and misunderstandings and cause problems in professional communication. Teaching about culture of the community in which a foreign language is spoken and raising the students’ awareness of similarities and differences between the foreign and their own culture in a specific content area can contribute to clarification of terminology and better understanding of professional texts, and help avoid confusions that arise from cultural asymmetry. This paper aims to demonstrate the use of contrastive approach in an LSP course as a useful method for developing the students’ awareness of dissimilarities between cultures and their consequences for the language. Several illustrative examples from two LSP courses will be presented - German for tax law students and German for social workers. The author will demonstrate how contrastive analysis of culture-bound technical terms, contrastive teaching of specific content and text genres can facilitate the acquisition of professional language and contribute to more successful cross-cultural communication.

Izvorni jezik
Ger

Znanstvena područja
Pravo, Filologija

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