Culture

Culture

Is complex but fundamental for language and education.

There exist some ways in which culture is being understood.

Such as

Culture as national attributes

Culture as societal norms

Culture as symbolic system

Culture as practices

Culture for language teaching and learning

Culture interpreted as greographical borders

Culture defined ain termsn of practices and values

Culture seen as symbols that produce meaning

Culture seen as logical,coherent,uniformed and static

Culture should be broad and centered to people's experience

However

This concept does not define culture

Because it limits the culture concept into a product that is static

So

Cultural competence is recognized as knowledge about a country

While

Area knowledge: Understanding language and society

Also

Cultures defined as: direct or indirect in speaking

Cultural competence as: knowing about people cultural knowledge

That leads to

Creating stereotypes of culture

So

Culture defined as meanings that make collective sense

This means

Cultures: Allow people interpret meaning and go further on literal denotation

Culture in learning: Need of understanding of cultural practices

However

The previous definition "culturalism" has 3 mistakes

Define culture as timeless and stable

Boundaries between cutures are clear-cut

Culture is endorsed by coherent political orientations

Nevertheless

Culture is diverse and open

However

When integrating culture in language

Culture is presented as concrete facts (info)

This means

Culture is reduced to information about others

Nevertheless

Culture needs to be seen as a framework