Naslov
Croatian Students' Perception of American Culture

Autori
Zergollern-Miletić, Lovorka

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

Izvornik
Working Papers in American Studies / Šesnić, Jelena i Sven Cvek - Zagreb : Hrvatsko udruženje za američke studije, 2015, 62-70

Skup
Cross-Cultural Readings of the United States

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 24.05.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
American culture; Croatian students; knowledge; stereotypes
(American Culture; Croatian students; knowledge; stereotypes)

Sažetak
The article discusses the results of a study conducted among students of English at the Faculty of Teacher Education in Zagreb, Croatia. Although the study might be considered to be a rather limited one (60 participants), the author believes that it could give a general picture about the type of knowledge that young educated Croatians have about American culture. Generally speaking, the students-participants do not seem to be either positively or negatively biased regarding American culture. Their sources of information are mainly some aspects of formal education (school and/or university), complemented by TV and films. On the whole, the students do not think that they have good knowledge of American culture, and a number of them expressed the opinion that what they knew might only be stereotypes. This attitude may mean that at least some of the students - respondents will try to gain better insight into the subject of American culture in the future.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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