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This essay argues that culture and language are inseparable and therefore must be taught together. It recognizes that there are two ways of understanding the world culture and it is important to be aware of this in any discussion on the subject. A superficial understanding of the concept of culture and a deeper understanding of culture in the language of a people. It also argues that students may learn to speak with grammatical accuracy but fail to understand the discourse system and so be culturally inappropriate. English,as an international language challenges the need for teaching specific cultural information of a superficial kind and still needs to expound the deeper and more subtle linguaculture of the language. Finally,the essay puts forward the value of movie studies as a comprehensible means of teaching language with its culture.
This essay argues that culture and language are inseparable and therefore must be taught together. It recognizes that there are two ways of understanding the world culture and it is important to be aware of this in any discussion on the subject. A superficial understanding of the concept of culture and a deeper understanding of culture in the language of a people. It also argues that students may learn to speak with the grammatical accuracy but fail to understand the discourse system and so be culturally inappropriate. English, as an international language challenges the need for teaching specific cultural information of a superficial kind and still needs to expound the deeper and more subtle linguaculture of the language. Finally, the essay puts forward the value of movie studies as a comprehensible means of teaching language with its culture.