Does Teaching Language Automatically Entail Teaching Culture

Hawkar Akram Awla

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Does Teaching Language Automatically Entail Teaching Culture

Hawkar Akram Awla

Published in International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 2, Issue 4)

Received: 16 June 2014 Accepted: 11 July 2014 Published: 20 July 2014

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Abstract

It is widely believed that understanding a language does not only entail knowledge of phonology, grammar and vocabulary, but it also requires one to have information about certain features of the culture of that language (Cakir, 2006). There are various views regarding the importance of culture in language teaching. The aim of this paper is to discuss whether teaching language automatically entails teaching culture or not. To answer this question, the relationship between language and culture is first examined by referring to various views in literature. Then, teaching language and culture is explained by drawing on different points of view. This study uses a theoretical approach to review relevant literature on the topic and present different arguments for and against teaching language and culture.

Published in	International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 2, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijll.20140204.13
Page(s)	258-262
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2014. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Language, Culture, Teaching Language and Culture

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Koya University, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, English Department, Koya, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

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