Language and Culture
The International Math Teacher
- Culture as contained in the semantics and pragmatics of the language
- The language carries cultural information and interpretations
- Special problems when using a lingua franca
- Not culturally neutral
- Semantics and pragmatics are influenced by the interlocutors’ mother tongues
- Culture as context for the use of language
- Re-contextualization
- Learning materials dealing with the target country
- Excursions to the country where the language is spoken
- Culture as a theme in teaching
- Any theme can be taught in any language
- Globalization /internationalization
- Interculturality
Language and culture are bound together?
Based on: Risager, Karen, ”Hænger sprog og kultur nu også
sammen?”, Sprogforum, Særnummger 1996, pp. 18-22
