Unit 4 Introduction

Question 1

Do cultural encounters have different levels of complexity and what does this allow?

Answer 1

As you develop your skills in a new language, you will find that you become able to engage in intercultural encounters involving a greater degree of complexity, allowing you to develop a deeper level of understanding of your own and other cultures.

Question 2

Is it possible to communicate without a verbal language

Answer 2

While intercultural communication is possible even without verbal language, language does play a central role in the vast majority of our interactions with other cultures.

Question 3

What are the main language skill that people use during communication and haw con you group them?

Answer 3

Reading and listening - receptive skills
Speaking and writing - Productive skills

Question 4

Do language and culture go hand in hand when it comes to reading as well?

Answer 4

readers can make use of all the
clues at their disposal in order to figure out the meaning of written signs and texts in a foreign language. Even in the case of language-specific skills, language and culture go hand in hand and you will find that readers rely on their linguistic knowledge as well as their knowledge of how texts are
constructed and their cultural knowledge.