SDLC 105 Journal # 7 Cultural Competence

[Khatira Darvesh]

While learning a particular language by memorizing the grammar rules and the word in a dictionary will help you speak in that language it will not help you communicate with the people who use that language. What makes language learning more effective is having some kind of ‘cultural competence’. What I mean is learning the culture and history of the people and the country. Their worldview, opinions and ideologies play a big role in understanding their language. Although one might know the meaning of every single word in a spoken sentence, the meaning of that sentence could completely escape him/her due to lack of cultural and historical context.