Emerging
Technologies in
Teaching Languages and Culture
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6th Annual Conference, March
25-27, 2004
Countries
in Perspective (45 min.)
Thursday, March 25th
10:45 a.m.
UC Living Room
Paul
Roochnik, Defense Language Institute
Pamela Combacau, Defense Language
Institute
Sabine Wolpers, Defense Language
Institute
Abstract:
Human language evolves within the social, cultural, and environmental
context of its speakers. Historical events, social customs, economic development,
and geographical setting all determine the way people use language. The
more a language learner knows about a region’s past and present,
the more he/she can connect the target language with the target culture.
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