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    Using Examples, Say Whether Culture Should /should Not Be Taught

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    The document contains two questions about language and culture. Question I discusses how minor pronunciation errors by non-native speakers are viewed more positively than failures to observe social conventions like apologizing or paying compliments. It asks whether culture should be taught, using examples. Question II asks the reader to distinguish between viewing culture as the context for language versus the actual content that is communicated through language.

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    The document contains two questions about language and culture. Question I discusses how minor pronunciation errors by non-native speakers are viewed more positively than failures to observe social conventions like apologizing or paying compliments. It asks whether culture should be taught, using examples. Question II asks the reader to distinguish between viewing culture as the context for language versus the actual content that is communicated through language.

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    The document contains two questions about language and culture. Question I discusses how minor pronunciation errors by non-native speakers are viewed more positively than failures to observe social conventions like apologizing or paying compliments. It asks whether culture should be taught, using examples. Question II asks the reader to distinguish between viewing culture as the context for language versus the actual content that is communicated through language.

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    Question I

    People do not normally take offense or make negative character judgments when a non-native
    speaker mispronounces a word or when grammatical errors are made; indeed, such
    differences as those which result in a foreign accent are often found very charming. Errors in
    rules of speaking are a very different matter. An inappropriate question or the failure to utter
    the customary apology, compliment, or congratulations will not be judged as an error natural
    to the process of language learning or indeed, of intercultural differences, but as a personal
    affront.
    Using examples, say whether culture should /should not be taught.
    Question II
    Two different dimensions of the relationship between language and culture need to be
    distinguished: culture as context and culture as content. Discuss.

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