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1、2Language,CultureandLearningWhatislanguage?Whatislanguage?kEyiDEAS•Languageismorethanjustthecode:italsoinvolvessocialpracticesofinterpretingandmakingmeanings•Thewayweteachlanguagereflectsthewayweunderstandlanguage•Whatislearnedinthelanguageclassroom,andwhatstudentscanlea
2、rn,resultsfromtheteacher’sunderstandingsoflanguage•Thereisafundamentalrelationshipbetweenlanguageandculture•Itisimportanttoconsiderhowlanguageascodeandlanguageassocialpracticearebalancedinthecurriculum15UnderstandinglanguageLanguageisattheheartoflanguageteachingandlearni
3、ngandteachersneedtoconstantlyreflectonwhatlanguageis.Thisisbecauseourunderstandingsoflanguageaffectthewaysweteachlanguages.LanguageascodeTraditionally,languageisviewedasacode.Inthisview,languageismadeupofwordsandaseriesofrulesthatconnectwordstogether.Iflanguageisonlyview
4、edinthisway,languagelearningjustinvolveslearningvocabularyandtherulesforconstructingsentences.Thisunderstandingoflanguageis,however,averynarrowone.Itseeslanguageasfixedandfiniteanddoesnotexplorethecomplexitiesinvolvedinusinglanguageforcommunication.Languageassocialpracti
5、ceAnunderstandingoflanguageas‘open,dynamic,energetic,constantlyevolvingandpersonal’(Shohamy,2007:5)encompassestherichcomplexitiesofcommunication.Thisexpandedviewoflanguagealsomakeseducationalexperiencemoreengagingforstudents.Languageisnotathingtobestudiedbutawayofseeing,
6、understandingandcommunicatingabouttheworldandeachlanguageuseruseshisorherlanguage(s)differentlytodothis.Peopleuselanguageforpurposefulcommunicationandlearninganewlanguageinvolveslearninghowtousewords,rulesandknowledgeaboutlanguageanditsuseinordertocommunicatewithspeakers
7、ofthelanguage.Thisunderstandingoflanguageseesalanguagenotsimplyasabodyofknowledgetobelearntbutasasocialpracticeinwhichtoparticipate(Kramsch,1994).Languageissomethingthatpeopledointheirdailylivesandsomethingtheyusetoexpress,createandinterpretmeaningsandtoestablishandmaint
8、ainsocialandinterpersonalrelationships.Iflanguageisasocialpracticeofmeaning-makingandinterpretation,the
