Culture And The Culture-Learning Process

Culture is a set of ideals and values about life that are widely shared among people and that guide specific behaviors. Differences, as well as similarities, can be seen when comparing world cultures. We communicate with each other, we feed ourselves with food, and when we sleep we often dream. However, we speak different languages, eat different types of foods, and dream different ways. We call these cultural differences. What causes them is not always obvious to the ordinary person (Nancy). I feel culture is what really sets us apart from each other and what makes us unique as individuals and families.

The definition of a subculture is a culture within a culture where a group develops distinctive norms and values that are different from those of the mainstream culture.

I believe culture is the attitudes and feelings a group of people share. Culture can include practices like rituals and customs like religion. It is how you eat, drink, and speak. Culture can be either tacit or explicit. Tacit is very much like an unspoken behavior, it is something people lack words for. Explicit culture can be spoken or written. No matter what category culture falls into it truly makes us different from one another. It is everywhere shaping people all around the world every day.

The Sub-cultural Theory is in reference to a smaller group of people within a larger group. The larger group might be the poverty stricken lower class society, and a sub culture to the larger group might be a smaller group such as the gangs (manly delinquent) that plague or cities and streets.

Culture is the ways of thinking, acting and the material objects that form a people’s way of life. Within each culture there are many subcultures, which are cultural groups within a larger culture with similar beliefs. Many times, the subculture a person belongs to provide him/her with a sense of identity and belonging. Subcultures are characterized by their origin and the characteristics that define it. While growing up I belonged to many different subcultures, but my main one was my gymnastics competitive team. This was definitely the most influential and time-consuming subculture I was a part of and is considered a special interest subculture. Along with its origin, subcultures

A simple definition of a sub-culture is a group of people who have norms, values, and beliefs that are distinct from those of the main stream culture. A subculture is a group of people who have a distinct way of life. Dead heads fit into this category. They believe that there are many interpretations of reality, and that everyone's interpretations are somewhat valid, but none of them are real.

I believe the story still exists today because it shows a notion that some people like Julian’s mother feel they are superior and always have a contemptuous attitude to other people. Julian’s mother believes that the race need to stay segregated and has a condescending way of treating blacks because of the political and social influence were held by her previous generations of the family.  Otherwise, Julian thinks "True culture is in the mind, the mind" (p278) and he consents the progressive ideologies of racial equality that he learned in college. He wants to make friends with black people because he wants to make his mother angry, and tries not to act like his mother because he knows his mother is condescending and clearly racist . To me,

For people in general to understand culture better they need to be taught about them. Therefor schools should make it part of the curriculum to teach students about cultures. This could be done by culture months, weeks, or even just projects done by students. If they choose the months a lot could be done. They could start off the beginning of the month talking about where the culture is mostly located and practiced. The next week or two could be learning about how these cultures interact with each other and others. Plus they could learn how a normal day is in the culture. The last week could be about cuisine that they eat in the culture. Also they could teach them why they eat some foods but not others. If the school went with the

While I was on my missionary trip in Los Angeles, California, my group and I went to this informal Cajun style restaurant ran by all oriental employees. The name of the restaurant is The Boiling Crab located in Garden Grove, California on Brookhurst Street. We visited the restaurant on July 14, 2014 from 8 pm to10:30 pm, which was on a Monday night. The weather was around 60 degrees and windy around the time of sunset. The interior had a twist of modern and rustic look to it that kind of reminded me of Logan’s or Famous Dave’s, but was full of oriental staff and customers. I had a fun time experience such a different environment and cultural setting. In my reflection, I will be talking about reactions, my feelings and future development.

Culture has been defined as the knowledge, values, attitudes, and traditions that guide the behavior of a group of people and allow them to solve the problems of living in their environment. Beyond this standard definition, I believe that culture is a conglomeration of the things we adopt from our families, friends, peers, and other members of our community. As Reyes stated in her article “Whose culture is it anyway,” culture extends to all individuals, including those considered “of the norm” within their communities. Growing up in the rural small town of Red Wing, Minnesota, I was indeed considered “of the norm.” Red Wing’s community consists primarily of descendants of Northern European Christians (Caucasians). When my parents moved to Red Wing, they were welcome by the community and easily adapted, in part, due to their white skin and European heritage. In addition, finding a Scandinavian Lutheran Church, United Lutheran E.L.C.A. Church made them feel like Red Wing was home. The only determinants that separated my family from the majority of the Red Wing residents was our elevated socioeconomic status and the fact that no other relatives live in Red Wing. My mother is a chemistry professor at Southeast Technical College, while my father is one of the few pediatricians in town. As a small rural community, the majority of residents work primarily in blue-collar jobs, including factory jobs at the renowned Red Wing Shoes®, Capital Safety, Tannery, or BIC plants.

Culture has many different meanings. Culture can be referred to as knowledge, experience, beliefs, values, religion, and many more. My cultural heritage is Italian and Ukrainian. My dad’s side is Italian. My mother’s side Ukrainian. Both families came to America from overseas. Both families came through Ellis Island in New York City. My father was born here in the states, while my mother was born in Ukraine. My Italian side viewed women as the stay at home mother who cared for the house and family while the father worked. My Italian grandfather did construction untill he passed at age 85. He did concrete and block work. He worked with his bare hands, old school style. My grandpa would finish the concrete on his hands and knees. In today’s generation both typically are in the work force trying to provide for their families. Back then women wouldn’t attend college to further their education and the men would typically get thrown into a blue collar job. Now that generations have changed women are getting more respect in the work force. Typically then a women would never be caught doing construction work, now you see women all of the time swinging a flag and operating machinery. Religiously I was raised by the way of the old Italian Catholic. The whole family would dress for church every Sunday. My grandmother doing my hair just right and put me in an outfit fitting for church. We are so hit or miss with church in our family. With the fast pace world we live in, it is hard to a

The definition of culture offered in one textbook is “That complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man person as a member of society.”

Culture is definitely one important thing. Culture is defined as the learned behavior patterns that are attained by members in a society. Throughout this entire class we have learned so much about culture and how important it is for being historical and cultures as interconnected. The idea of culture being historical is really important because all cultures are known to be apart of something bigger. In one of the readings, “culture is defined as historically produced in particular locations under the influence of local, national, and global forces and events” (Merry, pg. 11). In order for one to understand culture one must know the history behind it and the traditions passed on through time. Culture is about all of the ideas and practices that have been going on for years and year but it is still open to new and changing ideas. Furthermore, the idea of culture being interconnected is important because no particular part of a culture can be studied in alone. Culture is known to be an integrated whole making it all connected with one another. By being interconnected it consists of the beliefs, morals, skills, and much more that one can learn from others in the society. Overall, culture being interconnected is extremely important and significant because in order to understand the whole culture, one must study all of the connected aspects, it is the only way.

Culture is known as the ideas and way of life of a society. Culture can have a set of behavior and beliefs. Culture has different shared components that have to do with norms, symbols, material artifacts, values, and language. My culture has grown from the days of slavery. Within my culture we have grew from being called Negro, Colored, Black, and are now called African American. I place education as a very high value in my culture. I be believe that having and striving to accomplish getting an education is the way to build a brighter future. My family has values of working hard along with preparing for the future. My mother had twelve children. Out of the twelve siblings in my family two has already earned college degrees. I will be next in in. I shall earn an A.S. degree in Child Development along with an A.A. in Communication from Bakersfield College.

In this article, Weiqiang Mao (2009) examines the factors that necessitate and influence the teaching of culture in EFL classrooms. Though the focus is on English language classes in China, I believe the core message can be applied to second language classes anywhere. The EFL community now acknowledges the importance of culture, however, it’s presence in the curriculum remains sparse for a number of reasons including “lack of time, uncertainty about which aspects of culture to teach, and the lack of practical techniques” (Mao, p. 144). Additionally, the majority of language proficiency tests that score and identify students’ abilities are mainly testing for mechanical knowledge and examinees’ skills at sitting for tests, leaving cultural knowledge untouched.