CULTURE

Angela Pérez
Cristina Castellanos
Jennifer Cordon
 “Culture, or civilization, is that complex whole
which includes knowledge, belief, art, law,
morals, custom, and any other capabilities and
habits acquired by man as a member of
society.”

TAYLOR,1871
Characteristics
LEARNED

DYNAMIC SHARED

CULTURE
IS

BASED ON
INTEGRATED SYMBOLS
OUR CONCEPT OF CULTURE

Culture is a set of elements such as beliefs, values,

customs, laws and regulations that represents a
group of people.
 WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO TEACH CULTURE
WHEN TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE?
• Cultural
awareness

• Critical
thinking

• A better
understanding
of language.
 REFERENCES
Chapter 9: The Characteristics of Culture . (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://home.earthlink.net/~youngturck/Chapter8.htm

Cakir, I. (2006, July). Developing Cultural Awareness In Foreign Language Teaching.

Retrieved from http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/yonetim/icerik/makaleler/283-
published.pdf