Identity is a multi-faceted concept involving how individuals perceive their connection to the external world, the construction of this relationship over time and space, and their envisioned future possibilities.
Language, culture and identity are dynamic, complex and ongoing processes
Language Socialization
Summary and wrap up
CULTURE
It is a set of beliefs, values, norms customs, traditions, rituals, and a way of life that differentiates one group from another group
English as a global language
A language is called a “global language” when it achieves the official position and education preference in every nation, that language will finally come to be used by more people than any other language. The essential reason to make a language global or international is the power of its people. The power includes the power of military, politic and economic. Military power, political power and economic power are the three essential factors to make a language global and to keep its status
Thought
Thought processes and perceptions of reality differ from one culture to another
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Identity
Norton ( 1997) defines identity as “ How people understand their relationship to outside world, how that relationship is constructed across time and space, and how people understand their possibilities for future”
LANGUAGE
Language can be defined as the system of communication comprising codes and symbols which are used by humans to store, retrieve, organize structure and communicate knowledge and experience.
Language, Culture and Identity
Without culture , language cannot exist.
Without language, culture cannot be completely acquired nor can it be effectively expressed and transmitted.
Language is formed by culture, while culture is influenced and impacted by language
Language and culture are intricately related and dependent on each otherubtema