A language is considered to be a system of communicating with other people using sounds, symbols and words in expressing a meaning, idea or thought

WHAT IS LANGUAGE?

A language is considered to be a system of communicating with other people using sounds, symbols and words in expressing a meaning, idea or thought.

WHAT IS CULTURE?

• “The set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of society or a social group, and that it encompasses, in addition to art and literature, lifestyles, ways of living together, value systems, traditions and beliefs.”

LANGUAGE AS A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF CULTURE

• Philosophical point of view:

flesh + blood

• Communicative point of view:

swimming skill + water

• Pragmatic point of view:

vehicle + traffic light

CULTURE, LANGUAGE & THOUGHT

Kramsch (1998)🡺 Language & culture are bound together in three ways:

• Language expresses cultural reality
• Language embodies cultural reality
• Language symbolizes cultural reality

Moran (2001)🡺 Language & culture are two sides of the same coin, each mirroring the other.

我们是一家人 ☺ ☺☺☺

CHINESE CULTURE

• The Culture of China is one of the world‘s oldest and most complex cultures。There are may things which make Chinese culture unique .

Chinese cuisine :- Large variety of Chinese cuisine comes mainly from the practice of dynastic period, when emperors would host banquets with 100 dishes per meal.

They still have practice to eat like

This .The meal is eaten with chop-

Sticks. ☺

CHINESE LANGAUGES

• Chinese language is written with symbols. These symbols are called Chinese characters. Chinese characters represent the oldest writing system in the world. Chinese language is the oldest known recorded language that was written on old bones and turtle shells.
• Chinese belongs to Sino-Tibetan group of langauges
• There are over 100,000 Chinese characters.
• Chinese language does not have alphabets. Pinyin is a way to write Mandarin Chinese with the Roman alphabet.
• The most difficult part when studying Chinese language is getting your tones right and learning how to read and write Chinese characters

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