The structure of a language can determine the way
ask, aiming at using different types of questions, both in which speakers of that language view the world. The
general and special, using the lexical-grammatical mate-
meanings of a particular language can also represent the
rial studied. In the end, you can ask to say why they are
culture of a particular social group. It is impossible to happy and give advice on what can be done to make the
understand a culture without having some form of un-
holiday memorable. Possible questions: When is your
derstanding of its language. The two are always con-
birthday? Who comes to say "Happy birthday"?
nected. When people learn another language, it helps
What can your
parents give?
What does your
them to learn about the world. Learning a language is mum cook?
Do you
invite
your
friends?
therefore learning the behavior of a given society and its
Can you play games? What games can you play?
cultural customs. Language is a product of the thoughts
P1: I like my birthday because my friends and I go
and behavior of a society.
to the cafe. There is a funny clown. He plays with us.
The American linguist Nelison Mondela said: “If
We laugh a lot. A holiday is approaching, for example you talk to a man in a language he understands, that the New Year. The teacher begins the lesson: I like New
goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language that
Year. I am always happy. I get many presents and give
goes to his heart.” Phrases, words, syntactic forms and
them to my dearest. I always write a letter to father concepts are sometimes impossible to translate, as they
Frost (Santa Claus) and ask for something. But this time
sometimes do not even exist in some languages. Differ-
I don’t know what to ask about. Can you advise me?
ences in language between cultures are evident when
Students express their ideas and explain their request.
you compare how some countries have different mean-
For example: P1 - You can ask for a computer. You can
ings for certain phrases. For example, in many European
play games and send e-mails to your friends. You can cultures, the term "a good day" implies a sunny day, know many clever things from the computer.
whereas in many African cultures, it implies "a rainy The explanation of the proverbs also applies to this
day". Personally, I recommend using this type of exer-type of exercise. For example: one of the not very dili-