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teaching language skils and aspects to learns of tourism teaching language skils and aspects to learns of tourism what is language? the oxford advanced learner’s dictionary defines the term language as “the system of sounds and words used by humans to express their thoughts and feelings.” however, linguists find this definition inadequate on the grounds that it does not tell us what constitutes language – the ingredients that it is made of. instead of merely defining the term language, linguists prefer to describe the characteristics which set (human) language apart from animal communication and any other systems of communication. for a more elaborate description of these characteristics or design features of language, see for example, o’grady et al (1997:656-658). according to these scholars design features of language include the following: arbitrariness; creativity or productivity; interchangeability; displacement; tradition or cultural transmission; duality of patterning; feedback; specialization; learnability; prevarication; reflexiveness; semanticity; discreteness. …

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onceivable that it (culture) is part of memory. hudson (1980:77) distinguished three types of knowledge which include knowledge which is learnt from other people; that shared within the same community or the world over, but not learnt from each other; and that knowledge which is unique to a given individual based on the individual’s own experience. however, these distinctions may be contestable and their elaboration is thus beyond the scope of this paper. language and culture language always involves knowledge which is shared or believed to be shared. the link between language and culture may be said to be constituted by concepts and propositions for the two are objects of memory. language is made up of words, phrases and sentences. each word has a meaning, and when words are combined to form larger units such as sentences, the meaning of the sentence as a whole depends in part on the …

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tinent are in part due to the fact that african languages and culture are not taken seriously (prah 1995). for any country to develop, it requires a critical mass of knowledgeable and healthy women and men. education is a particularly important ingredient for development because it is the building block for any nation. thus every country must educate its citizens to prepare them for various jobs required to drive the country’s socio-economic agenda. adequate schools must be built, appropriate learning and teaching materials produced and well trained teachers provided. however, in addition to the foregoing, language plays a significant role in determining the quality of education. since it has been empirically proven that education is best provided through the learner’s mother tongue (unesco 1953; 2003) or at least through a language most familiar to the learner, the language of instruction in the classroom should be the most familiar language from …

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teaching language skils and aspects to learns of tourism teaching language skils and aspects to learns of tourism what is language? the oxford advanced learner’s dictionary defines the term language as “the system of sounds and words used by humans to express their thoughts and feelings.” however, linguists find this definition inadequate on the grounds that it does not tell us what constitutes language – the ingredients that it is made of. instead of merely defining the term language, linguists prefer to describe the characteristics which set (human) language apart from animal communication and any other systems of communication. for a more elaborate description of these characteristics or design features of language, see for example, o’grady et al (1997:656-658). according …

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