| Titlu: | The Challenges of Unity in Diversity: Teaching Romanian Language and Culture to the Foreign Students of a Technical University |
| Autor: | Elisabeta Simona Catană |
| Publicația: | Philologica Jassyensia, X (1 supl.), p. 505-512 |
| p-ISSN: | 1841-5377 |
| e-ISSN: | 2247-8353 |
| Editura: | Institutul de Filologie Română „A. Philippide” |
| Locul: | Iaşi |
| Anul: | 2014 |
| Rezumat: | Starting from the challenges of learning and teaching a local language and culture in the 21st century multicultural Romania, this theoretical paper argues for the importance of an upgraded, motivating culture-based approach to teaching Romanian to the foreign students of a technical university in Romania. The main argument is that effective teaching of any foreign language must broaden the students’ cultural horizon for their accomplishment in the field of education and for politically-correct approaches. Knowing an international language of communication, such as English, is not the only prerequisite for fitting into the Romanian secular society, concerned with preserving its culture and values, and at the same time, open to multiculturalism for achieving unity in diversity. Learning Romanian and discovering its culture and identity as well as the specific manners of conduct and communication in formal academic, business or social encounters, amounts to embracing diversity and achieving unity in terms of respect, tolerance, open-mindedness, politically-correct approaches. For successfully teaching Romanian to foreign engineering students, this article lays emphasis on the relevance of focusing on the Romanian cultural values, on the Romanian wisdom encapsulated in proverbs. Thus, we enhance the students’ motivation to learn a new language, stimulating their creativity and developing their cognitive and argumentation capacity. |
| Cuvinte-cheie: | Romanian, culture, proverbs, diversity, students |
| Limba: | engleză |
| Linkuri: |  pdf  html |
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