Culture and Language Education
الموضوعات : آموزش زبان انگلیسی
1 - TES/FL Program, English Institute, Algonquin College Ottawa, Canada
الکلمات المفتاحية: culture, communicative competence, Cultural immersion, Pragmatic consciousness raising, Sociosemantic system, Language education,
ملخص المقالة :
There are different views on the relationship between language and culture. Some consider them as separate entities one being a code-system and the other a system of beliefs and attitudes. Some believe in a cause and effect relationship between the two; and yet others argue for a co-evolutionary mode of interrelation. This paper will subscribe to the Hallidayan co-evolutionary view of the relationship (cf. Halliday 1991), presenting the view that language and culture are both integrated into a unique socio-semiotic system always interacting with one another for the successful functioning of the system. It will discuss some aspects of this interaction and the implications for ESL/EFL education programs.
