RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHING LANGUAGE AND CULTURE FROM THE VIEWS OF THE ENGLISH LECTURERS

Bingol, Mustafa (2016) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHING LANGUAGE AND CULTURE FROM THE VIEWS OF THE ENGLISH LECTURERS. JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL STUDIES, 6 (2). ISSN 2146-7463

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Abstract

It is not possible to teach language without teaching culture as well because language is a part of culture and there is a strict correlation between language and culture. Culture means the way people eat, wear, act in a social situations including shaking hands, what to say when they come together, when they give tips, the way they do shopping, when they accept or refuse invitations, when they become serious even they are not and vice versa, and also it means inherited ideas, beliefs, music, art, literature, values, and knowledge. For sure language cannot be taught without teaching culture. Because of the fact that English is the Lingua Franca of the world now, the great numbers of people try to learn it. The aim of this research is to find out Ishik University English lecturers’ perspective about how they relate teaching language and culture.

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