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Language is...

• ... the different idioms spoken in the world

• ... a linguistic unit that can be written or oral and that has a degree of unity among its speakers.

• ... communication, both oral and written

• ... a linguistic variety that can be written, has a literary tradition and a degree of unity among its speakers.

The language barrier, according to Crystal, ...

• ... is inevitable and it affects everybody

• ... may occur in your mother tongue

• ... refers to the difficulties when speaking a second language.

• ... refers to the cultural differences when speaking a second language.

Language that is spoken by many people and everybody understands

• Common language

• Lingua franca

• Esperanto

• Dialect

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Language...

• ... is culture-bound

• ... deserves respect and recognition

• ... promotes physical and virtual mobility

• ... is always related to meanings

Linguistic unity refers to...

• ... the core of linguistic knowledge that is common to all speakers.

• ... the common aspects of all speakers of the language

• ... the union of linguistics

• ... the language and its variations

Linguistic diversity refers to...

• ... the differences between the mother tongue and the second language

• ... the diversity of all speakers of the language

• ... the different languages spoken in the world

• ... the variations of the language

Kramsch - the four dimendions in teaching a language and its culture

• Language is related to culture, culture is an interpersonal process, culture as a difference and language barrier.

• Sphere of inter-culturality, culture is an interpersonal process, culture as a difference and cross disciplinary boundaries.

• Linguistic unity, linguistic diversity, teaching culture as a process and teaching a language as culture.

• Sphere of inter-culturality, culture as a personal process, language as culture and sociology.

Celce-Murcia - four factors when developing the sociocultural awareness of students:

• Sociocultural, stylistic, cultural and non-verbal factors.

• Social, cultural, context related, and language related factors.

• Sociocultural, stylistic, cultural and verbal factors.

• Social, prosodic, cultural and verbal factors.

UK: number of nations

UK: capital city