Cultural Context and World Languages Flashcards

What does 'intercultural competence' mean in language education?

Answer: The ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with people from different cultural backgrounds

Intercultural competence is the ability to interact effectively and respectfully with people from different cultural contexts, understanding cultural differences and similarities.

What is 'cultural stereotyping' in the context of language and culture studies?

Answer: Overgeneralizing beliefs about all members of a cultural group based on limited examples

Cultural stereotyping involves making overgeneralized, oversimplified assumptions about all people within a cultural group based on limited observations.

In linguistics, what is 'linguistic relativity' (Sapir-Whorf hypothesis)?

Answer: The idea that the language one speaks influences how one thinks about and perceives the world

The linguistic relativity hypothesis proposes that the language one speaks shapes one's perception of reality and thought patterns to some degree.

What does 'language endangerment' refer to?

Answer: A situation where a language faces risk of falling out of use as its speaker population declines

Language endangerment occurs when a language has fewer and fewer speakers, typically as younger generations shift to more dominant languages.

In the US context of LOTE education, what is 'heritage language learning'?

Answer: Learning a language spoken by ancestors or family members at home alongside English

Heritage language learning refers to the study of a language that a learner has a personal or familial connection to, often spoken at home alongside English.

What is 'diglossia' in sociolinguistics?

Answer: A situation where two varieties of the same language are used in different social contexts

Diglossia is a sociolinguistic situation where two distinct varieties of a language (or two languages) coexist in a community, each used in different formal or informal contexts.