This blog was created for the Advanced Program Level 6 course of the Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano. Most of its entries are based on the text book "Teaching Culture: Perspectives in Practice" by Patrick R. Moran; with a little "salt and pepper" from other sources.
It´s about the existing bond between language and culture, and it portrays strategies for learning, understanding and finally, being part of a new culture.
"Tolerance, inter-cultural dialogue and respect for diversity are more essential than ever in a world where peoples are becoming more and more closely interconnected."
—Kofi Annan, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
❝If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.❞
