Culturele apartheid in leergangen Nederlands als vreemde taal

This article looks at the way culture is represented in 3 commonly used course books of Dutch as a foreign language. According to the author, everyday culture of the regions where Dutch is spoken, is presented from a nationalistic point of view, i.e. it is limited to either cultural, historical and...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Raemdonck, Anne Van
Format: Article
Status:Published version
Publication date:2001
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/59613
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/59613
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Neerlandès
Adquisició d'una segona llengua
Llibres de text
Identitat col·lectiva
Cultura
Dutch
Second language acquisition
Textbooks
Group identity
Culture
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Summary:This article looks at the way culture is represented in 3 commonly used course books of Dutch as a foreign language. According to the author, everyday culture of the regions where Dutch is spoken, is presented from a nationalistic point of view, i.e. it is limited to either cultural, historical and social aspects of The Netherlands or cultural, historical and social aspects of the Flemish Community in Belgium. The existence of the other region or country where the same language is spoken is not only ignored but at times even portrayed wrongfully which has its logically negative effect upon the students" interpretation and can lead to prejudice and the teachers using those course books.