Topic of
the interview:
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The relation between Language and culture in
educational environments
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Date and
time
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June 27th
2020. 12:10pm
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Place
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WhatsApp
video chat
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Interviewed
name
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Henry
Osvaldo Merlano G.
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Profession
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Psychologist,
Master in education
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Courses in
charge
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Primary
school from first until fifth grades
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TRANSCRIPTION
QUESTION
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ANSWER
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o What do you think is the
relationship between language and culture?
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There is no doubt that language is the shared heritage of the
community. The language is born from culture mainly due to people's desire to
establish a process of communication and transmission of knowledge, not only
to contemporaries but to future generations. It could be said that language
is born from culture as a method of preserving it.
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o What is the influence of culture
in the process of a foreign language process?
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Through the
acceptance of globalization, the loss of fear, the opening of the media to
international events, the expansion of education in schools and the inclusion
of the second language. It seems an exaggerated skin change but there are
countries that have two or even three languages.
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o Which cultural expressions do
you know countries have through language?
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The most important is music and then entertainment, which is a not so formal but valid form of culture. I think music is the most relevant because it shares not only aspects of language but what it means to have reason and share characteristics with others.
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o Why do you think is it important
to have an oral tradition in a country?
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Maybe it is important, but the oral tradition, as you can see, is being abandoned by other forms of communication that try to be shorter. For example, you can say "lol" for "laughing out loud" and there are other examples of how orality shrinks to a world that needs to say more things in less time. Oral tradition is important, no doubt, but it is more important to go with the flow of communication.
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o What do you think, do we teach
language using culture or do we teach culture using language?
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We teach
culture through language because language can be learned through imitation and coexistence, but culture needs specific patterns of behavior that are acquired by living in a context. I can teach language without culture but I
couldn't teach culture without language.
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o Do you take into account culture
in the strategies you use in your English classes? Can you give me some examples?
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Only if it
is culture in context. I think that if students want to enter the culture of
a language, the best thing is to apply grammar to music, movies, video games and that they can not only learn what I teach them but other ways of
expressing themselves that are not exactly correct. An example may be the use
of the negation "ain't" which is not correct but is quite common.
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