Conclusions about Language and Culture

Conclusions about Language and Culture

1. Languages are in constant change and development

2. According to Sepora (2012) Language is a symbolic representation of culture

   • Etnographers have taken and defended the posture that language and culture are from the start inseparably connected (Buttjes 1990) (Ochs & Schieffelin, 1984) (Poyatos, 1985) (Peters & Boggs, 1996)

3. Neither Language nor Culture are inborn Skills, both are acquired in relation with a people and a society

4. Languages are a product of societies and communities, a pure expression of their cultural composition

5. They are not and should not be viewed as a system of rules and structures, but as a living sociocultural expression.

6. -Language is situated within cultural traditions, expressed in Literature, Films, TV

7. Non-Verbal communication such as gestures and facial expressions are part of languages as well.

8. Teaching Culture facilitates tailoring language and adapting according to the audience/listener

9. Teaching Culture stimulates student’s interests in language

10. Teaching a foreign culture brings awareness of our own culture

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