Cultural Consciousness

Cultural consciousness and language go hand and hand. The goal of a teacher is to get the teacher have the learner see the culture through a native speakers perspective. In order for this to happen I think the teacher should first do the same thing for their student’s culture. It is important for the teacher to have a understanding so they can understand any discourse their student might have while learning the target language. It is a two way street in learning cultures teachers and students will be learning things from each other. The importance of a familiarity of the target language is great. It will not only help with language development but is needed to interact with others in the native language. Culture can be embedded throughout all types of teachings and need to be regularly used.