Language & Intercultural Communication
Editor: Dr John Corbett (University of Glasgow)
Associate Editor: Robert Crawshaw (Lancaster University)
Reviews and Criticism Editor: Dr Fiona J. Doloughan (University of Surrey)
Editorial Board: Gavin Jack (University of Stirling)
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Volume: 4 Number: 4 Page: 261–280
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Communicating Finnish Quietude: A Pedagogical Process for Discovering Implicit Cultural Meanings in Languages
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Michael Berry1, Donal Carbaugh2 and Marjatta Nurmikari-Berry3
1Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland, 2University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA and 3Turku Polytechnic, Finland
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This paper introduces a pedagogical approach to integrating intercultural communication into language learning. The focus is on the development of competence in discovering and interpreting cultural meanings when communicating in English as an international language. The analyses of data which students produced illustrates how discovering implicit cultural meanings embedded in Finnish, about quietude, presents considerable challenges for communicating those meanings through another language.
Keywords: international English, Finnish, pedagogy, quietude, shy, silence
© 2004 M. Berry et al.
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