700 Reasons: Reason #42
- Reason: 42
- A language is an expression of culture and any language course involves learning about the cultures of the peoples who speak the language. The term culture embraces the institutions, including the political institutions associated with the target language and culture. Politics therefore has a logical and justifiable place within a language course
- Reference:
- Starkey, H. (1999) ‘Foreign language teaching to adults: implicit and explicit political education’ in Oxford Review of Education, Volume 25, Nos 1 & 2, pp. 155-169
- Related Keywords:
- Culture, Related subjects
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