The difference between teaching general and specific cultural features in learning foreign languages: Mathematical approach

Pakzad, Elnaz; Khanbani, Parastoo; Panjeshahi, Parastoo

doi:10.22075/ijnaa.2022.27322.3558

The difference between teaching general and specific cultural features in learning foreign languages: Mathematical approach

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Elnaz Pakzad

Parastoo Khanbani

Parastoo panjeshahi

Department of German Language Teaching, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

10.22075/ijnaa.2022.27322.3558

Abstract

It is necessary to use language inappropriate discourses and establish a proper intercultural connection, to be familiar with cultural messages and trans-messages. In every culture, language speakers use melody, tone of voice, speed, pause, and loudness for their verbal discourse. And gestures) are also cases that should be considered. Given that existing research on the impact of general and specific cultures on language learners has not been done, the present study has examined and analyzed this. At present, the issue of human communication is one of the most important and important issues that have been considered by linguists, sociologists, psychologists, and philosophers. Cultural education is not only effective in learning a foreign language and its appropriate application in different contexts, but also in inevitable cases and its interaction is so important that it has attracted a lot of attention. In this research, the library method is used for theoretical sections and the field method and distribution of questionnaires are used. To analyze the data, one of the multi-criteria decision-making techniques called fuzzy ANP is used. The results show that in the process of learning foreign languages, general culture with a weight of 0.313 is in the first place and special culture with a weight of 0.241 is in the second place.

Keywords

education

general culture

specific culture

foreign language learning

fuzzy ANP

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