Culture as a Fifth Skill

Cultural and cultural palace. Kultur's Whatever you say, it is an important part of our language, the past, and the present. Culturally unrelated languages ​​are of little use. However, it is still elusive to teach cultural elements well in our foreign language course

According to customs in the field of foreign language education, language ability is called another skill (eg, listening, speaking, reading, writing) and teachers often call culture a "fifth skill" I will. But what does this mean? The community of language education generally considers culture to be an integral part of language teaching, but of course there is little consensus about what we should teach, not to mention how to educate it. Unlike vocabulary and grammar, the contents of vocabulary and grammar are concrete, culture is very fluid and atypical, it is difficult to define.

In general, culture as a fifth skill emphasizes the ability to recognize, understand, and eventually accept cultural relativity of learners.

In order to grasp the meaning of cultural relativity, think simple social behavior such as raising flowers. Who can bring flowers to American culture? Under what circumstances? For example, is it appropriate to give flowers to the hostess of a party? If so, which flowers are suitable? What should you say when you give flowers to the hostess? Look at the video now and see how your reaction to the social behavior of flower donation is related to the situation in the US and it may lead to social rude in other countries.

Ability to recognize and recognize cultural differences ("Oh, this is how you use your flowers in Russia!")

Ability to accept cultural differences ("Do not forget to give funny flowers from now on"

Ability to understand and evaluate cultural differences ("The number of flowers has meaning, not that fun!")

Anthropological principles that believe that personal beliefs and actions can only be explained in the personal cultural framework. This principle stems from the work of anthropologist Franz Boas who wrote as follows. "... civilization is not absolute but it is relative ... our ideas and concepts It is only true when our civilization develops."

French technical terms literally mean "wrong steps". In English this term refers socially inappropriate behavior.

In many cases, culture is regarded as the fifth macro skill introduced after verbal, listening, reading and writing skills are established. In language textbooks, it is often that different sections are reserved for culture. However, although these memos are interesting, it is not a cultural element that learners often encounter difficulties. Whether you use language, talk, listen, read, or write, we are all involved in culture. Even simple words can convey culture, so we need to teach culture at the beginning of language education. Whether you think that we teach culture, we actually provide cultural information in the classroom. Language is not learned in cultural vacuum and can be filled later, but learners learn and set their own cultural premises. Even if neglecting culture, we do not leave empty cultural space.

According to customs in the field of foreign language education, language ability is called another skill (eg, listening, speaking, reading, writing) and teachers often call culture a "fifth skill" I will. But what does this mean? The community of language education generally considers culture to be an integral part of language teaching, but of course there is little consensus about what we should teach, not to mention how to educate it. Unlike vocabulary and grammar, the contents of vocabulary and grammar are concrete, culture is very fluid and atypical, it is difficult to define.

Culture is a broad term, it is a term that is not easy to generalize. The pattern of daily life throughout all aspects of human social interaction is human culture and the culture of the book is defined as "learning and sharing" of human life patterns and patterns: she " The author of Language School Cultural Learning "Louise Damen The main adaptation mechanism is as follows. "People of different nationalities, races and races incorporate cultural traditions into their exchanges, teachers need to recognize, celebrate and share these different perspectives.The figure below shows the inside and outside of the classroom It shows some of the influence of culture on learning.