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APPLIED LINGUISTICS for BA Students in English CULTURE IN TEACHING ENGLISH What culture do we teach? The importance of teaching behavior culture (‘small c’)  

المؤلف:  BÖLCSÉSZ KONZORCIUM

المصدر:  APPLIED LINGUISTICS for BA Students in English

الجزء والصفحة:  P86-C1

2026-10-14

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APPLIED LINGUISTICS for BA Students in English

CULTURE IN TEACHING ENGLISH

What culture do we teach?

The importance of teaching behavior culture (‘small c’)  

There are two main reasons for putting a bit more emphases on teaching behavior culture than on teaching achievement culture. It is ‘small c’ that students meet in the target country every minute and that is why we have to provide them with a taste of the lifestyle of the target nation. The other reason for familiarizing language learners with behavior culture is to help them how to survive in a foreign country. Many useful readings can be found on history or literature but it is the language class where students can learn about the patterns of the pragmatic domain of culture. While getting familiar with the cultures of the target language students will be more aware of their own, Hungarian behavior culture. Let us mention the topic ‘housing’. Students can compare the British ‘terraced houses’ to Hungarian ‘housing estates’ and American ‘apartment’ to British ‘flats’ and they will learn the fact that the ‘first floor’ in America is the same as the ‘ground floor’ in Great Britain. The students can speak about the so-called ‘pigeon holes’ in Japan and the ‘two-storey houses’ in Great Britain. In behavior culture, students will learn what the British mean by lunch, double-Decker, cider, or public school.