Aspects of Culture in Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Learning

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Understanding Culture Through a Lingua Franca

Chapter 3 Sensitizing Foreign Language Learners to Cultural Diversity Through Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence

Chapter 4 Do We Need to Teach Culture and How Much Culture Do We Need?

Chapter 5 The Contribution of FL Learning Experiences to the Development of Multicultural Identity

Chapter 6 The Attitudes of English Teachers Towards Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence

Chapter 7 Cultural Differences in Perceptions of Form-Focused Instruction: The Case of Advanced Polish and Italian Learners

Chapter 8 Multilingual/Multicultural Perspective on the Identification of Dyslexia

Chapter 9 Is Teaching Culture-Bound? A Cross-Cultural Study on the Beliefs of ELT Teachers

Chapter 10 Australian Experience of Culturally Diverse University Classrooms

Chapter 11 Culture Through Literature in Foreign Language Teaching

Chapter 12 Time as Cultural Construct: Some Preliminary Remarks on the Conceptualization of Time in L1 and L2

Chapter 13 Getting Rid of the Modesty Stigma

Chapter 14 Language Distance Across Cultures as a Way of Expressing Politeness and Not Only

Chapter 15 Ethnic and Disciplinary Cultures and Understatement: Litotic Constructions in Polish and English Linguistics and Biology Research Articles

Chapter 16 Ways of Expressing Birthday, Christmas and New Year’s and Easter Wishes in L2 and L3: Cross-Cultural Transfer and Interlanguage Pragmatics

Chapter 17 Willingness to Communicate in L2 and Self-Perceived Levels of FL Skills in Polish Adolescents

Chapter 18 The Ideal L2 Self and International Posture in the Polish Educational Context

Chapter 19 Pragmatic Aspects of Culture in Foreign Language Learning

Chapter 20 Strangers in Paradise. The Role of Target Language Culture in Foreign Language Teaching Materials