The cultural values of a community give it and identify of its own. A community gains a character and a personality of its own because of the culture of its people. Culture is shared by the members of a community. It is learned and passed from the older generations to the newer ones. For an effective transfer of culture from one generation to another, it has to be translated into symbols, language, art and religion. And also is good to know other cultures because you can obtain experience in that country and it´s going to be easier to learn if we know another cultures.
I think that foreigners are interested in our culture because of our traditions like " Gallo Pinto ", that it´s one of our traditional foods, also is good to mention our slangs like " Pura Vida" or " mae", so the foreigners like that, also the weather and the nature we have.
My oppinion about what is challenging for foreigners is that they have some troubles to pronounce some words, and also I think that our slangs confuse them.
I concider that sports in USA are the best things in that country like football, soccer is not so important as in our country but they like to try it, also the basquetball have lots of fans. And one of the least things is that sometimes they are serious and lordly.
One of the things that I like from Costa Rica is the food and also the slangs and what I don´t like is the culture of the people to treat each other, sometimes we become disrespectful.
I like Costa Rica and I don´t want to change anything, I guess, because I like how it is.
I think that foreigners are interested in our culture because of our traditions like " Gallo Pinto ", that it´s one of our traditional foods, also is good to mention our slangs like " Pura Vida" or " mae", so the foreigners like that, also the weather and the nature we have.
My oppinion about what is challenging for foreigners is that they have some troubles to pronounce some words, and also I think that our slangs confuse them.
I concider that sports in USA are the best things in that country like football, soccer is not so important as in our country but they like to try it, also the basquetball have lots of fans. And one of the least things is that sometimes they are serious and lordly.
One of the things that I like from Costa Rica is the food and also the slangs and what I don´t like is the culture of the people to treat each other, sometimes we become disrespectful.
I like Costa Rica and I don´t want to change anything, I guess, because I like how it is.
Hi Kevin!
ResponderEliminarThanks for your thoughts. I've got a few comments.
You say:
"A community gains a character and a personality of its own because of the culture of its people. Culture is shared by the members of a community. It is learned and passed from the older generations to the newer ones. For an effective transfer of culture from one generation to another, it has to be translated into symbols, language, art and religion."
Are these your thoughts? If they're from someone else, make sure you give the credit to the author. Also, that is a good statement, but you still didn't relate it to learning language, which is the purpose of that question.
And besides the language and slang words, what other aspects of Costa Rican life do you think are challenging to foreigners?
Thanks,
Ryan
Teacher I mean that if you know the culture of any country and you are studying English, it will be easier to interact with others and know a little bit about their customs. You learn how they speak, how they behave, how they treat each other, the language in that country, if they speak fast or slow.
ResponderEliminarI think that the most challenging aspect is the racism, because we sometimes exclude others, sometimes foreigners, and that´s really bad, also we criticize how they dress and we make jokes about that, so In my oppinion these aspects are difficult for foreigners. We don´t need to make this to them because this affect our culture, I mean this stain our country and it´s a negative aspect.
I think that you use a deep vocabulary, but its ok, I like your ideas, specially the beginning, because its true that the culture of a place is made by its people. I found a mistake: you wrote opinion with double p...so, be careful when you are writing... XD
ResponderEliminarGood eyes!
ResponderEliminarAnd I think all of us should be careful when we're writing! :)
Ryan