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Welcome to

"EFL TOPICS & BEYOND"

… languages are the pedigree of nations.
(Samuel Johnson)
To know another's language and not its culture is a very good way to make a
fluent fool of one's self.
(Winston Brembeck)

… studying language is limited if it ignores the cultural contexts in which
language is produced.
(Nancy Bonvillain)
Language is a vehicle for expressing cultural models.
(Nancy Bonvillain)

Cultural models are expressed in several ways, but language is key to their
transmission.
(Nancy Bonvillain)

I want the cultures of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as
possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.
(Mahatma Gandhi)

Culture: a shared background (for example, national, ethnic, religious)
resulting from a common language and communication style, customs,
beliefs, attitudes, and values.
(Deena R. Levine, Mara B. Adelman)

…culture is defined loosely as the values, traditions and social practices of a
particular group…
(Gillian Lazar)