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OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Cabalquinto, Lara Faith N.

Jumao-as, Jeremy B.
Loraña, Kier Justin Carl M.
• A system of arbitrary, vocal, and • Culture is a way of life. No matter
symbol, agreed upon by a group of where people live, behaviors and
people for the purpose of human thoughts follow.
communication.
• A learned pattern of social behaviour
• Language is intrinsic to the expression to be followed.
of culture.
• Cultural diversity is about appreciating
• It is the means by which culture and its that society is made up of many
traditions and shared values may be different groups with different
conveyed and preserved. interests, skills, talents, and needs.
• According to Greey in 1994, culture is defined as a learned
system of values, beliefs and/or norms among groups of people.

• Furthermore, culture also includes ethnic background,

nationality, gender, disability, race, sexual orientation, and
religion.

• Culture and language can affect one another. Some words stays
as it is, and some undergone changes as years pass by. • Slangs
before was not the same today because of what we call the "pop
language."
• Students cannot really learn language until they learn the cultural
context in which the language occurs (Foreign Language Education
project, 1996).

• The perceptions a teacher has of a student's culture may have

positive or negative effect in the process of learning srcond
language (Stevick, 1982).

• If certain elements of a second language differs greatly from a

student's native language, they may face difficulties in learning it
(Lado, 1957) in his book, "Linguistics across Cultures".
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