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2. Rhetorical modes - Wikipedia

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   Subfields. Related. v. t. e. The rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse) are a broad traditional classification of the major kinds of formal and academic writing (including speech-writing) by their rhetorical (persuasive) purpose: narration, description, exposition, and argumentation. First attempted [clarification needed] by Samuel ...

3. Culturally relevant teaching - Wikipedia

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   Culturally relevant teaching is instruction that takes into account students' cultural differences. Making education culturally relevant is thought to improve academic achievement, [1] but understandings of the construct have developed over time [2] Key characteristics and principles define the term, and research has allowed for the development and sharing of guidelines and associated teaching ...

4. Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory - Wikipedia

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   Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory is a framework for cross-cultural psychology, developed by Geert Hofstede. It shows the effects of a society's culture on the values of its members, and how these values relate to behavior, using a structure derived from factor analysis. [1] Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory.

5. Content-based instruction - Wikipedia

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   Content-based instruction (CBI) is a significant approach in language education (Brinton, Snow, & Wesche, 1989), designed to provide second-language learners instruction in content and language (hence it is also called content-based language teaching; CBLT). CBI is considered an empowering approach which encourages learners to learn a language ...

6. Multicultural education - Wikipedia

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   Multicultural education. Multicultural education is a set of educational strategies developed to provide students with knowledge about the histories, cultures, and contributions of diverse groups. It draws on insights from multiple fields, including ethnic studies and women studies, and reinterprets content from related academic disciplines. [1]

7. Outline of culture - Wikipedia

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   Outline of culture. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to culture: Culture – a set of patterns of human activity within a community or social group and the symbolic structures that give significance to such activity. Customs, laws, dress, architectural style, social standards, and traditions are all examples ...

8. Culture of the United States - Wikipedia

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   e. The culture of the United States encompasses various social behaviors, institutions, and norms in the United States, including forms of speech, literature, music, visual arts, performing arts, food, sports, religion, law, technology as well as other customs, beliefs, and forms of knowledge.

9. English language - Wikipedia

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   English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family originating on the island of Great Britain. [4][5][6] Speakers of the language are called Anglophones owing to the namesake of the language, the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes that migrated to Britain in the early medieval period.