Asynchronous (Online) Enhancing Cultural Experiences in Teaching and Learning English in the EFL Classroom more

Fri, Apr 28, 12:30-Thu, Jun 1, 00:05 Asia/Seoul

Cultural experiences are one of the effective approaches to inspire students to love English and feel highly enthusiastic in learning English. The objective of this study is to demonstrate the values of learning activities in " Cultural Experience Class". Taking part in these activities helps students improve learning results, develop soft skills such as teamwork, organized thinking, personality development, problem- solving, expand vision and connect theory with practice. Experimenting culture is represented by styles, customs and daily life through various different fields such as food, costume, festivals,....etc. Thus, the study attempts to investigate the role of English culture in the process of teaching and learning. The author present a number of cultural experiences to enhance the quality of teaching and learning. The researcher use experimental method to evaluate students’ learning results from the value of learning activities in " Cultural Experience Class". A pre-test, post-test and a survey were collected to determine how the implementation of the technique impact on students’ learning results. The results showed that teaching students through learning activities in " Cultural Experience Class" brought about positive changes in language competence.