"Integrating the Teaching of Language and Culture.” I

MELINA PORTO

IATEFL Argentina Newsletter

Año: 1996 vol. 12 p. 10 - 11

This paper explores the notion of culture in the context of language teaching. The claim is that, if teachers are to take the idea of communicative competence seriously and, more importantly, if they are to critically inspect the feasibility of developing communicative competence effectively in learners, the question of culture appears to be unavoidable.