Language is the most powerful way when
do you think about communication, language and culture go hand in hand, both of
these, often define persons, traditions, and pretty much almost everything
about their daily life. The relationship between language learning and culture
is also considered for the possible effectiveness of benefiting from the
culture in language. Language is one of the most relevant aspect in a specific
culture because language and culture develop together and influencing the lives
of people. In my opinion when Kramsch said “Do we teach language using culture
or do we teach culture using language”.In order to understand one, you must understand the other. Teachers and
learners should be aware of culture issues the language can be beneficial for
the process of language learning.
“Do we teach language using
culture or do we teach culture using language”.
Culture refers to the cumulative deposit
of knowledge, beliefs, values, attitudes, roles, spatial relations concepts of
the universe is the system of knowledge shared by a relative group of people. According to (Kramsh, 1993), culture refers to ‘membership in a
discourse community that shares a common system of standards for perceiving,
believing, evaluating and action’ (p. 127). In interaction involves
communication between people and it is through verbal and non-verbal language.
Human language refers to
the grammar and other rules to make utterances and sounds in a way that others
can understand. If language is mankind’s greatest invention, it is ironic that
it was never invented. Language and culture are closely related and interactive.
Language is a means to develop and transmit the culture as well as communicate
within the culture.(Damen, 1987)
Learning and speaking
another language is like thinking in different way from the one that speakers
have learned in their community or society. Language is a medium to symbolize
culture reality, the foreign language classroom has the responsibility to teach
students other cultures to changes those stereotypes, language reflecting ones’
perceptions, perspectives and attitudes toward the world. Language is a main
component of culture along with values, beliefs, and norms as well as customs;
language is a product of culture, transmitted from one generation to the next
in the socialization process (Hamers, 1989).
In the foreign language it
is important to understand the context, for all teachers in a daily experience
of teaching it is relevant cultural models that make learning the new language meaningful,
and influence of cultural aspects on language learning. Acculturation model is
an important concept for second language students because their need to
acculturate in order to learn a language.
In conclusion, remember that
“ culture is created and lived through
dialogue between the teacher and students and between them” (Kramsh,
1993) the process of acquiring the culture of specific and general knowledge, skills
an attitudes it is very relevant the best communication and the other hand the
interaction with the individual and other cultures. Language is a medium to symbolize culture
reality. Teachers and learners
should be aware of culture issues the language can be beneficial for the
process of language learning.
Reference
Damen, L. (1987). Culture
Learning: the fifth dimension in the language classroom. London: Reading,
MA: Addison-Wesley.
Hamers, J. F.
(1989). Bilinguality and bilingualism . New york: Cambridge University
Press.
Kramsh, C. (1993). Context
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Interview to an English teacher
Topic of the interview: language and culture
Date and time, it was performed: 23 June 2020 4:
35p.m
Place where it was performed: at home, she works in
Colegio Anglo Americano
Interviewed name: Doris Matta Guerra
Profession: English teacher
Courses in charge: 10°-11°
Summary of the answers and
comments: She said that
culture can be defined as acceptable interaction with social groups and there is
a strong relationship between culture and language, culture is the identity,
culture learning takes place through symbolic integration, the language is the
vehicle or tools that you can express with others. Language and culture are
closely related and interactive both coexist culture and language.
Them the teacher talk about motivation is very important when do you
need the learn any language, more important that learning as much as you can is
making sure you have fun with the stuff you have already learned. It is
relevant to understand the context there a lot of difference between the
culture of Canada. England or USA, it is important to know how people live in
specific place and the connections.
The other hand is very different the traditions in each country for
example the Christmas in EE. UU or in Colombia traditions contributes a sense
of conform and belonging.
Write a significant reflection about the answers of the interviewed: In my opinion it is very
important to understand the relationship between language and culture are
closely related and interactive. It is important the ability to use language
and other means of communication as a means of establishing relationships not
only between two communicating individuals but also among groups living in the
same society. Language teachers and students should be aware for the culturally
appropriate ways and behavior for example the use of the language in specific
context depend of the cultural structure.
poetry that have contributed to the development of the English
language
the culture and the education of that specific country.
Canada
This is a very large
country
That has a Prime Minister
as its chief
Some there speak English,
some speak French
And on their flag there’s
a red maple leaf.
The Boy who was Called Thick-head it is one of the most interesting
fables of Canada.
There is an amazing
myth that themes can be identified in Indigenous Canadian mythology.
Creation
myths are among the most sacred to many Indigenous cultures. The
Haida word for Raven means "the one who is going to order things",
and it was Raven who established the laws of nature and was present when
people were first created.
In French Canada, it can
only be one thing: the legendary loup-garou, the lone werewolf of Quebec
lore.
Canada is often
symbolically connected with three images. Hokey, the beaver, and the dress of
uniform of the royal Canadian mounted police.
National identity: human
right known your rights as a Canadian citizen, understand how your right are
protected.
Women ang girls:
Genealogy and family
history: learn about your ancestor and discovery families.
Multiculturism: discover
the significance of multiculturism in Canada ensuring that all citizen keep
their identities.
First nations of
immigrants with a beautiful ancestral background, while mostly written in
English “indigenous literature” it is very interesting because express
traditions, language and cultural practices.
Indigenous culture in
Canada is diverse for example Jeannethe Armstrong is a relevant person for
the indigenous literature.
Canada accepts pluralism
and diversity Canadian literature may be dividend in two parts, based on
their separate roots, fist the France culture a second for Britain. During 19
Indigenous people: lean
how to Canadian constitution recognize three distinct groups of indigenous
people with their story’s language and culture.
Montreal is an interface
of English and French, more than 50 percent of Montrealer’s speak both
languages. This country has a huge diverse culture. Since it is a
multicultural metropolitan area.
The Montreal education
program is designed and provide and hinges of development competences using
knowledges effectively in carrying out tasks and real-life activities.
Elementary includes preschool, secondary cycle I and cycle II, collage and
university.
The school year begins in
September and finishes at the end of June. Children attend Monday to Friday
for six hours a day. The education system is made up in public and private
French and English institutions.
Australia
What country has great
animals
The Australia have a
sophisticated culture. Australia is an open mind country, with many
multicultural perspectives.
Australian is a beautiful
country, there is greats respect for laws and for individual freedoms,
normally Australia is a safe country with clean environment relaxed
lifestyle.
In my opinion it is very
important the equality between woman and men, Australia is considered
progressive by world standard for example gay married was in 2017.
Australian love sports,
specially teams’ sports like rugby league, also football, tennis and cricket.
Australian love socialize
is the most common way to do a barbecue at home.
Australian’s society
reflects its British penal history as well as subsequent waves of migrations.
Their cultural roofs to
suit he new environment, clime and resources of the country. Australian is
the 6
Flora and fauna native to
the continent, such a kangaroo and koala, emu. The beach is recognized as a
symbol of the national culture.
The intergenerational
reproduction of minority ethics identities has produced national culture that
is multicultural, polyethnic and cosmopolitan.
The language of Australia
is English.
Other language spoken in
Australia include mandarin, Italian, Arabic, Cantonese, and Greek.
There were almost 400
Australian aborigine languages.
Australian English
probably originated as a combination of British regional and dialect used by
group of convicts and others who came to the colonies.
Australian slang can be
difficult from people from the countries to understand.
The indigenous people of
Australia were custodians of the land for 60.000 years.
The common narrative hails
Australia as the “lucky country” for then comfortable quality of life it is
population enjoys.
Australian often express a
light disregard for authority especially in their humor.
Foreigners are often
surprising to see how to emphasis in put of safety in the social often
stereotyped as laid-back.
Australian has many major
of art museums for example, the museum of art and gallery, the national
gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, the museum of contemporary art in Sidney.
All children enter to the
school at six age, students must attend school until 16 years old and high
school ends at year 12.
Australian is a leading
global provider of education to international students after united stated
and United Kingdom is ranked as the third largest provider of international
education.
The development of the
Australian curriculum is based on the principles of improving quality and
equally and transparence educational system.
In Australia there are two
categories of schools first government schools a non- government school.
England
I’m a country in
Great Britain
Historically, England was
a very homogeneous country and developed coherent traditions. English culture
has been accepted with diverse contribution of afro-Caribbeans, Asians,
Muslims and other immigrants’ groups. Even as England has become ever more
diverse culturally and continues to exert a strong influence of the world.
Another divide, though one
that is fast disappearing, is the rigid class system.
Many holidays in England,
such a Christmas are celebrating around the world, and 11 November soldiers
who died in world war I, 23 April saint George’s celebrate at all England.
Much of the folklore of UK
Common folkloric beings
include pixies, giants, elves trolls.
Published in 1724, history
of pirates by captain Charles Johnson provided the standard account of the
lives of many pirates in the golden age.
Treasure island is an
adventure novel bay Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale
of “buccaneers and buried gold”
Halloween is a traditional
and much celebrated holiday in Scotland and Ireland on the night of 31
October.
The British museum in
London with its collection of more than seven million objects it is the most
comprehensive in the world
Rosetta
The natural history museum
is amazing.
In its literature, England
has attained its most influential culture expressions.
The United Kingdom
inherited the literary tradition of England.
Daniel Defoe with Robison
Crusoe or Gulliver’s travels.
The Beatles are the most
commercially successful and critically acclaimed band in a popular music,
with estimated sales over one million.
Performing outdoor
festivals in the summer or autumn are popular.
The circus is a
traditional from entertainment in the United Kingdom.
The Notting hill carnival
is an annual event has taken place on the streets of Notting Hill London
since 1966.
Music hall is a British
theatrical entertainment popular from the early Victorian era to the min-20
Century.
The architecture of United
Kingdom includes many features that precede the creation of the UK in 1707.
Many castles remain from
the medieval period, such as:
Windsor castle
Stirling castle
Warwick castle
Bodiam castle
Caernarfon castle
Carrickfergus castle
Education is important in
England as it is wales and Scotland too.
The education is free for
all children from 5 to 16.
At the age of 16, students
in England, take an examination called the GCSE.
Students may then continue
their secondary studies for a further two years leading most typically to a
level of qualification including business and technology education.
Higher education begins
with a 3 years bachelor’s degree. Postgraduate include master’s degree.
Along with sport, schools
offer a substantial program of extracurricular activities.
England also has a
tradition if independent schools a home education.
Since 1998 there have been
six main types of maintained schools in England:
Academic schools
Community schools
Free schools
Foundation schools
Voluntary aided schools
Voluntary controlled
schools
University technical
collages
CONCLUSION ABOUT UNIT 2
Language is a system that involve communication express ideas or feeling speaking and writing, the culture is the way of a life, especially the general customs and beliefs of a group of people, who shared attributes, stories, values, behaviors and practices. For example, in Canada one important thing for national identity is the human right, known your rights as a Canadian citizen, understand how your right are protected. England has become ever more diverse culturally and continues to exert a strong influence of the world. And in Australian there is greats respect for laws and for individual freedoms, normally Australia is a safe country with clean environment relaxed lifestyle.
In my opinion is very important for learners benefit from employing strategies, first using background knowledge about culture and language, second, collaborating and combining cultural communicative experience and third talk with native speakers can help to understand other cultures. Chamot (2018) recommend differentiating strategy instruction to meet students’ need based on diversity in culture, socioeconomic, and educational background; personality factors; and motivation.
Moreover, there are three important competences when do you need to teach and learn another language and culture: cognitive flexibility, ethnocultural empathy and intercultural understanding, when the classroom encourages cognitive flexibility learners develop creativity and power to using learning strategies because open opportunities and allow learners´ creativity flow.
Members of social group don’t only express experience in specific situation. It is possible that they create experience using language because it is the most important expression of feelings, language express cultural reality, people who identify themselves as a member of group acquiring common way of viewing the interaction with other members.
For teachers must instruct to their students on the background of language usage it is important to know about English culture when teach English as a foreign language. If a teacher teaches without reference of specific culture the students are learning empty or meaningless symbols, it is absolutely relevant understand the culture. “to teach a foreign language is also to teach a foreign culture, and it is important to be sensible to the fact that our students” Englebert (2004). Clearly teachers must remember that people for different culture learn things the other way, when the teacher introduces materials for the class it is necessary to evolve, many options because our attitudes reflect to society in general, the more you know about the cultural background of a language, the faster you can learn that language. Finally, for learning any language it is important to know about the people to speak that language and what is their culture, the other hand, it is essential to consider socio-cultural aspects, politics, economy, entertainment, different socio-cultural interaction.
Conclusion
Most people agree that language and culture have a huge connection, in my opinion language and culture it is very important when do you talk about communication because language is a system that involve communication express ideas or feeling speaking and writing, the culture is the way of a life, especially the general customs and beliefs of a group of people, who shared attributes, stories, values, behaviors and practices.
For learners benefit from employing strategies, first using background knowledge about culture and language, culture is important because it creates assumptions about how the world operate, how different people communicate their ideas and referents, second, collaborating and combining cultural communicative experience is the most important thing for education and finally,
When do you need to know any language it is important to know about the people to speak that language and what is their culture, the other hand, it is essential to consider socio-cultural aspects, politics, economy, entertainment, different socio-cultural interaction.
E. J. Kirchner and J. Sperling, Global Security Governance: Competing Perceptions of Security in the 21st Century (London: Taylor & Francis, 2007), p. 100.
