Practices are influenced Leaves the learner

by the cultures in which primarily within their

cultural paradigm.
they are formed
The

Cultures as
Intercultural
Discourse always
societal
represents a worldview Understanding
Present cultures as relatively
norms
of culture static and homogeneous
Culture is a framework in which
people live their lives, communicate A system of shared meanings
and interpret shared meanings that make collective sense of
experience

Culture for

language

teaching and

learning

Language learning culture goes

Culture as a body of knowledge beyond behaviors, texts, artifacts,
that people have about a Cultures as and information
Cultures as

particular society. national

practices It is a view of culture that

attributes

sees culture only as a

singular phenomenon.

Cultures are Culture can be reduced to

dynamic and a label derived from
emergent political geography.