Integrating Indigenous Cultures into English Language Teaching

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 1 featuring a mountain in Hawaii

The authors present a variety of EFL lesson plans focused on various cultures of the world (e.g., Bantu storytelling, Maori tattoos, Native American star quilts). Teachers are encouraged to help students connect with their own cultures to keep them alive.

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Susan C. Barfield and Joëlle Uzarski

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Teachers Integrated Skills Teacher Training Culture Critical Thinking Storytelling
Cover of English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 1 featuring a mountain in Hawaii

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 1 featuring a mountain in Hawaii

English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 1

This issue features Hawaii, and a lesson plan guides teachers in exploring Hawaiian culture, and their own cultures, with their students. Other articles discuss integrating indigenous cultures into English language teaching, integrating critical thinking into language teaching, using story boxes in