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Unread Mar 25th, 2008, 05:27 am
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Default Re: Is non-biased ESL possible?

Language is a part of culture. You can't separate them. So, the only way to have a culturally bland language that would cross all borders as acceptable would mean we'd need to have a ubiquitous global community with the same cultural and cultural values.

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I don't think there's anything wrong with teaching culture along with teaching language. However, you need to respect that L1 and L2, as well as C1 (culture 1) and C2 are simply different, neither is right or wrong.
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