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Folklore and fairytales have been examined as effective means for teaching culture in a foreign language because they are an integral part of people’s everyday life. Morain (1997) proposed the idea that folklore is superior to literary writing because it depicts the attitudes of large groups of people. Gholson and Stumpf (2005) believe that folklore might help promote cultural dialogue in which L2 learners gain respect for differences between their native culture and L2 culture, as well as acknowledge the similarities in both cultures. Akpinar and Ozturk (2009) suggest that folklore can be taught in an L2 classroom through an inquiry approach: folklore engages the students in exploring the theme and structure of a folktale, relating these to their L1 background knowledge, and then drawing conclusions about the target culture, its beliefs, values, lifestyles, history, etc.

(DEMA, O., MUELLER, A. J. Teaching culture in the 21st century language classroom. IN: SILDUS, T. (ed.). Published in Touch the World: Selected Papers from the 2012 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Eau Claire: Crown Prints, pp.75-91. Adaptado)