Aspects of Culture in Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Learning

1. Introduction
Janusz Arabski, Adam Wojtaszek

2. Understanding Culture Through a Lingua Franca
Anna Niżegorodcew

3. Sensitizing Foreign Language Learners to Cultural Diversity Through Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence
Liliana Piasecka

4. Do We Need to Teach Culture and How Much Culture Do We Need?
Agnieszka Otwinowska-Kasztelanic

5. The Contribution of FL Learning Experiences to the Development of Multicultural Identity
Dagmara Gałajda

6. The Attitudes of English Teachers Towards Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence
Małgorzata Jedynak

7. Cultural Differences in Perceptions of Form-Focused Instruction: The Case of Advanced Polish and Italian Learners
Mirosław Pawlak

8. Multilingual/Multicultural Perspective on the Identification of Dyslexia
Joanna Nijakowska

9. Is Teaching Culture-Bound? A Cross-Cultural Study on the Beliefs of ELT Teachers
Cem Can, Hasan Bedir, Grażyna Kiliańska-Przybyło

10. Australian Experience of Culturally Diverse University Classrooms
Beata Malczewska-Webb

11. Culture Through Literature in Foreign Language Teaching
Ann Gillian Elgar

12. Time as Cultural Construct: Some Preliminary Remarks on the Conceptualization of Time in L1 and L2
Danuta Gabryś-Barker

13. Getting Rid of the Modesty Stigma
Ewa Bogdanowska-Jakubowska

14. Language Distance Across Cultures as a Way of Expressing Politeness and Not Only
Ireneusz Kida

15. Ethnic and Disciplinary Cultures and Understatement: Litotic Constructions in Polish and English Linguistics and Biology Research Articles
Andrzej Łyda, Krystyna Warchał

16. Ways of Expressing Birthday, Christmas and New Year’s and Easter Wishes in L2 and L3: Cross-Cultural Transfer and Interlanguage Pragmatics
Teresa Maria Włosowicz

17. Willingness to Communicate in L2 and Self-Perceived Levels of FL Skills in Polish Adolescents
Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel

18. The Ideal L2 Self and International Posture in the Polish Educational Context
Anna Mystkowska-Wiertelak, Agnieszka Pietrzykowska

19. Pragmatic Aspects of Culture in Foreign Language Learning
Justyna Ziębka

20. Strangers in Paradise. The Role of Target Language Culture in Foreign Language Teaching Materials
Marek Derenowski

Keywords: Linguistics, Linguistics (general), Sociolinguistics