UNIVERSITY OF

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MAE02 401A - History and Development of Global English: Theory and Practice
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NAME: Cathelyn R. Hidacan - Belarmino DATE: June 19, 2021

How is culture connected with language?

INTRODUCTION

In every given group, the presence of culture is often facilitated by essential

human means of communication. Language is not just semantics; it goes beyond what
the utterances or the scripted articles will carry. English should not stop with the
meaning or use of terms related to history. Words themselves reflect a history, a belief,
and a lasting community of their origin, which is partially learned and mainly inherited. It
has often been taught to be appropriately used in relevant circumstances.
Understanding the relationship between language and culture is suitable for language
learners, speakers, and interested in language learning.

It is essential for language learners, users, and all those interested in language
education to understand the relationship between language and culture. In the case of
language teachers and learners in general, understanding differences of opinion on the
relationship between language and culture will illuminate the plurality of views on
language use.

Also, insight into diverse perspectives will benefit second-language learners and
first-language speakers since the way we want to use language are essential. These
findings also open the door to analyzing how both language and culture affect people's
views of life and how people use their pre-acquainted linguistic and cultural information
to determine those perceptions. For both language users, recognition of how their
language influences others can significantly affect the course and encouragement of
language study and interpersonal interactions. It can also bring a great deal of
perspective and importance to language teaching, curriculum design, and planning.

MAIN TENETS

Humans are interacting through words. However, language is not the only mode
of contact. Whenever communicating is thought, we still equate it with words. Language
is a medium we use to present our theories, emotions, feelings, and views of the world.
That is what we carry forth our cultural norms and orientations, and the meaning of our
being is captured in our words. That is why, if a nation, people, or race conquers
another, the first thing that will be influenced is the conquered people's language.

If the colonialists had come to Africa without forcing their languages on the
continent, the question of political dominance would not have been inevitable. Through
the victory comes dignity that the right to use conquering people's vocabulary confers
on defeated people. In Nigeria, after the colonial period, immediately before the left, the
moment of freedom to the present day, the ability to use – speak and write English –
confers a status mark on anyone who can use the language – English. It is also
apparent how parents in most of the country's homes will go to whatever extent to
ensure that their children speak English.

DISCUSSION

The connection between language and culture is inveterate and deeply

ingrained. The general intertwining of this preserved connection is started at one's birth.
Language is used to express community and retain cultural relations. However, some
discussion on the relationship between language and culture, or the role of culture in
language learning, has started with some effort to describe a perplexing relationship.

According to some social scientists, both language and culture are very
dependent on each other, and they believe speech to be language-free.
And culture may not have been feasible. Without one's life, there is no existence of the
other because this is how inseparable they are.

Kramsch & Thompson (2010) points out three ways in which culture and
language are related:

 First, through verbal communication, the members of society express a cultural

reality. The proper arrangement of words not only communicates thoughts but
also represents etiquette and attitudes.
 Second, language embodies the cultural fact that people assign meaning to their
everyday language experiments.
 Third, culture symbolizes cultural reality (members of a community view their
local language as a symbol of their cultural identity: “When [language] is used in
contexts of communication, it is bound up with culture … [and] Speakers identify
themselves and others through their use of language; they view their language
as symbol of their social identity.”

In other words, language is a medium for people to connect with their friends and to
express meaning to their social and cultural realities.

IMPLICATION TO LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING

It's hard to teach another language in a foreign culture. Studies have found that
their background influences the performance and engagement of students with
teachers. Language teachers accept that cultural distinctions and roots play a significant
role in deciding how students perceive or view new language phrases that they are
taught.

Language teaching is mostly based on techniques and tools. Still, in every sense,
the world of mind and human effort lies under the surface of these as the key motivator
in our attempt to communicate and understand others. That's why we need to be able to
ask the right questions.

As a college instructor, I will pay more attention to educating students about

questions, how and why they're essential and robust. As educators, we frequently take
the lead in answering questions and get irritated when students don't ask what we want,
but I have found that this is, in itself, an ability that needs to be specifically taught.
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