Culture Bound

Culture has always been recognized as an important area in language learning and teaching. However, the inclusion of cultural components have been neglected in many language classrooms and only occasionally integrated through seasonal activities on food, showing of films, and learners’ participation in community cultural events. If culture, as Brown (1980) puts it, is a “deeply ingrained part of our being and language is the most visible and available feature of culture,” then language teachers and scholars alike should include every aspect of culture in language teaching and in the study of language.