Responses to Bulgarian Culture in the Presentations of Japanese University Students – a Matter of Intercultural Communication

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Pages: 515-527
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/EIOQ4790

Abstract:

In the field of foreign language teaching, it is impossible to discuss a language without dwelling on its culture, as well. This requires a new approach to language teaching methodology, one that emphasises interactivity, pragmatism, dynamics and comprehensiveness. In this paper we explore how the Bulgarian culture is disclosed in the presentations of Japanese university students. The data for analysis were collected over a period of three years (2014, 2015 and 2016) from three different classes. The following research questions are addressed: 1) What are the interests of the Japanese students regarding Bulgaria and the Bulgarian culture? 2) To what extent are the communication and the direct contact with Bulgarian students and teachers reflected in the presentations? 3) Are there grounds to consider the presentations a product of intercultural communication?

Keywords:

language, culture, Bulgarian culture, intercultural communication, intercultural competence, Bulgarians, Japanese

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