Culture and Language Education

Subject Areas : آموزش زبان انگلیسی

کاظم لطفی پور ساعدی ¹

1 - TES/FL Program, English Institute, Algonquin College Ottawa, Canada

Received: 2015-02-19 Accepted : 2015-05-10 Published : 2012-11-21

Keywords: culture, communicative competence, Cultural immersion, Pragmatic consciousness raising, Sociosemantic system, Language education,

Abstract :

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.

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