Cultural Awareness in the Foreign Language Classroom

Abstract

Kristen Nugent (M.A., Middlebury College) is a Ph.D. student in Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has taught French at the K-12 and community college level. She currently teaches instructional technology and foreign language teaching methods at the university level. Her research interests range from incorporating intercultural communicative competence into the foreign language classroom to preparing preservice teachers for success in urban classrooms. Theresa Catalano (Ph.D., University of Arizona) is Assistant Professor of Second Language Education/Applied Linguistics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has taught ESL, Italian, and Spanish at the elementary, middle, community college, and university levels, and currently teaches ESL and foreign language methods courses, intercultural communication, and linguistics. Her research focuses on language pedagogy and teacher education, and the link between language, ideology, and the oppression of minority groups.