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Hello everyone!
To continue our series of posts about slangs taken from the videos from Vanity Fair. Today we are going to learn some new zealand expressions brought by the actor KJ Apa, Feel free to share this post and leave a comment!



  • Bugger all: synonym of “nothing”. For example, if you say “I went to the supermarket and bought bugger all” it means you did not buy anything.
  • Wanna hiding?: has the same meaning as “do you wanna a punishment?”, so stop doing something bad, or else you’re gonna be punished.
  • Yeah-nah: if you end a sentence with “yeah nah” it means what you have said is actually not true.
  • Yarn: synonym as “conversation”. Example “we had a good yarn but didn’t come at any conclusion.
  • Piece of piss: means the same as “easy”. Somethings that is piece of piss to do, is something easy to do.
  • She’ll be alright: it means that something will be ok, doesn’t matter if it is female or male, you’re gonna use “she’ll be alright”.
  • Pack a sad: when someone is being dramatic. Example: “stop packing sad” is the same as “stop being dramatic”.
  • Munted: synonym of “drunk”. When someone drank too much alcohol.
  • Chur: means “good”. For example, when you taste a food and you like, you can say “chur” as “good”.
  • Keen: you can use this word for example when you have a crush on someone, when you talk about the person you say “I’m keen for him/her”, as you’re into them.
  • Chocka: means “a lot” or “full”. For example if you say that the road is chocka full of cars, it means that there is a lot of cars.
  • Squizz: you can use this as “give me a chance”, for example, when someone is playing guitar and you want to play, you say “let me have a squizz”.
  • Jandals: synonym of flip flops.
  • Good as gold: means that something is as good as it can be.
  • Bro or cuz: how you refer to someone you’re friends with.
  • Mean as: when something is very good, the best there is.
  • Bugger!: synonym as “damn” or “shit”. A expression you use when something goes wrong.
  • Carked it: if you say someone carked it, it means they have died.
  • Taking the piss: embarrassing someone, making fun of someone or the same as “are you kidding me?”
  • Skull it: to drink everything from a bottle in once.


That is it for today. See you all next week!
xoxo

Hi everyone!

To continue our thread of slangs, we decided to bring to you on this week some Canadian slangs. Once again, we have based our selection of slangs on the amazing and amusing videos of Vanity Fair. On this week, the personalities are Finn Wolfhard, who we are sure you know from either Stranger Things or IT, and Mackenzie Davis from Lost In Mars and The F Word. Both actors stared the movie: The Turning together on January of 2020. We hope you are enjoying our posts and please feel free to comment in any of them and share with friends.

Let's get these slangs strated!


  • Serviette: It is a formal word used for napikin.
  • Canadian Tuxedo: It is a full denim tuxedo. Denim is a kind o fabric, commonly used in jeans.
  • Shit-Kickers:  It is another word used for boots.
  • Canuck: It is a word for Canadian and, also, a Hockey Team.
  • Hang a Larry: Hang a Larry is an expression used to say "turn left".
  • Hang a Roger: This is the opposite of Hang a Larry, that is, "turn right".
  • Caeser: It is a drink, which Americans would call a Bloody-Mary, but different from the Bloody-Mary it has clamato juice on it - which is a juice made of tomato, clam and seasoning. That does not seem very tasty!
  • Milk in a Bag: In Ontario, people buy their milk in bags and not boxes, so the milk is always exposed on the fridge after you open - the actors do not think it tastes good.
  • Freezies: this is what they call "ice-pops" or "popsicles".
  • Shreddies: It may be used as a perjorative word for underpants, it usually means it is well-worn.
  • Girl-Guides: It is the Canadian word for what the Americans call Girl-Scouts.
  • Hydro: It is the kind of power they use to run the city. For example, some houses have solar power system, they have hydro, which means water power.
  • Nanaimo Bar: It can be similar to a brownie. It is a dessert with Canadian origin, named after the city of Nanaimo. It is not baked and it is manly made with crumbs, coconut and chocolate.
  • Beavertail: This is also a traditional dish. It is a fried dough with cinnamon, sugar and lemon on it. It is usally a hit on the winter.
  • Tortiere: It is a French-Canadian pie, as you know Canada was not only colonized by Englad, but also France.
  • Icing Sugar: It is powdered suger.
  • The Dep: It is the corner store.
  • Mountie: It is the word they used to refer to the police officers.
  • Donair: It is a popular sandwich.
  • Parkade: It is an underground parking lot.
  • Toboggan: It is a big slide.
  • The Bill: This is also a very known American word to refer to the check. 
  • Housecoat: It is the word they used to refer to a bathrobe. 
  • Jesus Murphy: This is an expression to replace "Jesus Christ" - some religous Canadian believe that is blasphemy using the name of Christ in vain, so they use "Murphy" to avoid hell.
  • Keener: It someone who is a little bit of a shown-off in class and is very eager to show their knowledge. Kinda like our beloved Hermione Granger.


That was it for the week! We hope you have enjoyed this Canadian Slangs, did you knew any of them other then the ones also used in the United States? Which ones? Leave your comment below, if you would like to.
See you next week.
XOXO












This week we interrupted our regular posts about culture to talk about racism. Protests and movements against the institutional racism that kills many black people around the world deserves our attention and we need to do everything we can to make it stop. If you don’t know what to do to help, please access the link below and sign the petitions created for the pursuit of justice. In the link, there are ways to donate to the victims’ families, for the protesters and to black owned business. In the link you will also find dates of new protests and readings to educate yourself on the subject.

https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

If you are not able to donate money or take part in any protest happening right now, please sign this petitions: https://twitter.com/fideliuswift/status/1268011521449304064/photo/1

Hello everyone!

As you already know, we are working with a series of slangs from different countries and today we have selected some directly from Ireland. Vanity Fair, who has very nice videos with big personalities presenting us the slangs of their home country, is helping us to present these slangs once again. This time, the personality chosen to talk about slangs was Jamie Dornan, the main actor from Fifty Shades of Grey franchise.  Ireland is a wide country with a wide culture, as you may know, so Dornan is focused on the slangs from Northern Irish, which is the part of Ireland that belongs to United Kingdom.

  • Craic: it is used to ask how someone is doing or what they are up to – “Hey, what is the craic?”
  • Boy’s a dear: it is what you use when you receive a shocking news, it has many functions actually, it is the same as “oh my goodness”.
  • Kex: is the word they use to talk about underwear.
  • Wee: this slang is also used on Scotland, it is to talk about something that is little, but sometimes the thing will have an average size and they will still call it a wee, it can be used for objects or people.
  • Steamin: this is the equivalent for drunk.
  • “Any more of this and there’ll be less of it”: this is and Irish saying mostly used with stubborn people and it means “Stop or you will get what is coming to you”, it must be really used by parents who are disciplining their children.
  • Bout ye?: similar to “What’s the craic?”, this expression is used to ask how is someone, the famous “How you doing” we commonly hear in America.
  • Jammie: you might remember to see a similar slang in our British post, well your mind does not fail you. Although it has a different writing, jammie still means lucky, as you may recall this is a Northern Irish slang and North Ireland does belong to the United Kingdom, as does Britain.
  • Yaarn: it is a synonymous for tale or story.
  • Dead-on: this term is used to describe someone who is alright and doesn’t annoy you.
  • Pull: it is used to describe a successful attempt to kiss someone.
  • Faffin: this is the word they use to express when someone is taking their sweet time to do something. For instance, if you want to leave the house because you have an arrangement, but your mom start to find things to do instead of leaving – “What you faffin about?” may be seen as “Why are you taking so long?”
  • Buck eejit: this unusual spelling word is used to call someone an idiot or annoying.
  • Yoke: you use it to describe something you do not know the word for it or you do not recall it at the moment. 


That was it for this week, guys! Hope you enjoyed the content, let us know your opinion and if you were familiar with any of these slangs.

xoxo




Hi, there biscuits!
Following our theme from the previous week, today we are going to talk about British Slang. As you are already familiar with the term, I think it is important to remind you that just because a slang is common from one place does not mean everyone from there will recognize the slang or use it on a daily basis. Take for example our country, if you will, we have many slangs of our own, yet we do not know or use all of them as its origin is regional and may also change depending on the generation – new slangs will come and old slangs will fade away, right? This post is once again based on a Vanity Fair video from their series of slangs presented to us by big personalities. To teach us some British slangs, we have Freddie Highmore, who you may recognize from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Bates Motel or Good Doctor. 
So, let’s get going with these slangs!


  • Peng Ting: it is a term used to call someone attractive, it is most used with females, so be careful who you are going to call a peng ting, not everyone is Freddie Highmore and might get offended.
  • All to Pot: This expression is used when something has gone horrible wrong.  You may say “It is all to pot”, as if it everything has gone down the toilet.
  • Minging:  this term means something is horrible.
  • Throwing a Wobbly: this expression is used to express when someone is having a moment – “He is throwing a wobbly”.
  • Kip: you may want to use kip as a synonymous to nap. As Americans may say they are “taking a nap”,  British will say they will “have a kip”.
  • Dosh: this word is the equivalent for money.
  • Snog: snog is a synonymous to kiss or to make out. Yet, you might hear it from an old aunt who wants to snog you, not very comfortable, but we all have been there.
  • Bits and Bobs: you can use this expressions to talk about things you have laying around the house our yet to talk about your arrangements, about thing you need to take care of, for instance “I just have got some bits and bobs to take care of”.
  • Have a Butchers: I admit that I had my share of problems understanding this one, but it is quite simple, have a butchers means to have a look.  As if  you are in a store with a friend and you want to show them something “Hey, have a butchers at this”.
  • Jammy: it would be the equivalent of luck, instead of saying “you’re in luck” people would say “you’re in a jammy”.
  • Anorak: this is a specific piece of clothing, it would be similar to a rain coat in America.
  • Gormless: this is a slang used to talk about someone who is a bit slow with things in general and just look like it is lost in his own mind.
  • Sixes and sevens: this expressions is used to say that everything is going wrong, either in a situation or for you. For example, we all remember the game between Germany and Brazil in 2014, we, as Brazilians, may say that in that game "everything went sixes and sevens".
  • On Your Bike: this is an expression used to tell someone to piss off in a gentle way.



This was it for this week guys, I hope you enjoyed. See you next week with more slangs!
Xoxo

Hello there!
In this week’s post we are bringing to you Australian slangs. Slangs are expressions that can consist of words and phrases that are very informal, used in everyday language, generally restricted to a specific group of people or location. This post was based on a video from Vanity Fair, an youtube channel where you can find a lot of videos about celebrities talking about any topic you can imagine. They have a series of videos talking about slangs from different countries, and today, we choose the Australian ones, brought by the guys from the band 5 Seconds of Summer.
So let’s go to the slangs!



  • Bathers: according to the guys, this slang is a synonym of “bathing suit”, for example. The clothes you use in a pool or at the beach, like a bikini. 
  • No wukkas: this has the same meaning as “no worries”. You can use when you are talking about something that has nothing to be worried about, “no issues”. Everything is good.
  • Have a blue: this refers to a bruise you get when you get hurt, for example in a fight. 
  • Give a bell: a synonym of “give somebody a call” as to call someone on the phone.
  • Rug up:  it’s what your mom would say to you when it’s cold and you’re going outside “put on a coat, or you’re gonna catch a cold” so that is “rug up! It’s cold outside”.
  • Yobbo,  Bogan and Derro: these three refers to a person who is unsophisticated, doesn’t care much about getting dressed up for example, is not very vain.
  • Idiot box: it’s a synonym for “TV”.
  • Legless: a legless person is someone who drank too much alcohol to the point in which they couldn’t even stand up, for example. Getting really drunk.
  • Bloody oath: you say this when you strongly agree with what something someone said, for example, if someone asks you “don’t you think the weather is amazing today?” and you really agree that the weather is awesome, you reply “bloody oath, it’s amazing!”
  • Woop woop: Is a distant location, can be a synonym to “far away”.
  • Shout: A cheap person who relies on other people to buy them things.
  • Dog's breakfasts  and Head like a half sucked mango: your appearance for when you wake up hangover, for example, you don’t look good at all. “I look so bad it’s like a dog’s breakfast”. Can also means an unattractive person. 
  • Larrikin and True Blue: An irreverent person, outstanding their Australian personality always as possible.
  • Brolly:It’s an umbrella.
  • Buckleys’ chance: when someone doubts you will succeed on something, your chances are very low, you got Buckleys’ chance.
  • Goon: It’s a package of wine generally very cheap
  • She’ll be apples: synonym as “it’ll be alright’. So, you don’t need to worry about her, she’ll be ok.


Let us know if you knew any of them, and if you liked!

xoxo
Hey, Guys!
This week in 2TeachCulture, we're gonna bring to you some traditional dishes from different countries. With this knowledge, you can design many lessons for your students. For instance, if you are working in a class with adults, you can propose a cooking class of one of these dishes,  or you can propose a dinner, in which each student bring a dish. For a simpler activity, you may want to do two columns, one with the country and other with the dish, and ask your students to match them. When selecting this dishes, we tried to chose easy recepies so you or your students can recreate them, if ever wanted to.


#1 Lamington | New Zealand




Some people will argue with you that Lamington is originated from Australia, but as well as the Anzac Biscuits or Pavlova, we may say that this dish belongs two both cultures. This is a simple cake with chocolate and coconut that you can find in any bakery in New Zealand (and Australia). To bake a Lamington you will need: 

Cake -
  • 125g of butter
  • 150g of sugar
  • 1 tea spoon of vanilla
  • 3 eggs
  • 250g flour
  • 4 tea spoons of  yeast
  • 1 tea spoon of salt

(or you can buy a cake mix of vanilla)

Frosting - 
  • 450g of icing sugar
  • 5 tablespoons of cocoa powder
  • 1 tablespoon of melted butter
  • 120ml of milk
  • 200g of grated coconut
First step to baking your lamingtons, you must preheat the oven at 180°C and grease your retangular tin. If you are gonna make your cake instead of buying a cake mix, follow this instructions: stir the flour, the yeast and the salt and put it aside. Use a beater to mix the butter, sugar and vanilla, add one egg at a time, beating after you add each one of them. Add the mixture to your dry ingredients and the milk, beat in low speed. Bake it for 30-40 minutes at 180°C and when done, wait 5 minutes before taking it out from the tin, then let it cool completly. 
Moving to the frosting: in a big bowl, mix the sugar and the cocoa powder. In a pan, heat the milk with the butter and wait for the butter to melt. Add the milk to the sugar and cocoa and stir them together until it looks homogeneous. 
After the cake is cooled, you will cut it in about 24 pieces. Set aside a recipient with the grated coconut. With a fork, dive the pieces of cake in the frosting and then roll it on the coconut. Repeat it with all your pieces and then you are ready to serve. Enjoy your treat!


#2 Anzac Biscuits | Australia



These biscuits are similar to cookies and are a tribute to the members of the armed forces who fought at the World War I. It used to be made by the wives of the soldiers,  who sent the biscuits to them because of their nutritional value and because they were not perishable. To bake these delicous cookies, you'll need:
  • 100g of oat flakes
  • 140g of flour
  • 200g of sugar
  • 70g of grated coconut
  • 125g of butter
  • 2 tablespoons of syrup (melaço)
  • 1 and 1/2 tablespoon of sodium bicarbonate
Stir the dry ingredients, that is the oat, flour, sugar and coconut, let the bicarbonate aside for now. In a small pot pour the syrup and the butter and mix them until they are melted, add the bicarbonate. For the next step, you should mix the dry ingredients with your syrup mix, use a spoon to mix them together. In a tin lined with non-stick paper you will put your biscuit mix, with 5cm space between them. Cook them for 20 minutes at 180°C until they have a golden look. 

#3 Yorkshire Puddings "Yorkie" | United Kingdom 



Yorkshire Pudding is a dish that originally came from Yorkshire, as its name suggests; However, different from what the name might suggest, the yorkies, as called by natives, are not a sweet dish, instead, they are usually served with meats and a lot of sauce. It is very easy to bake a Yorkshire Pudding, you will only need:
  • 75g of flour
  • 75ml of milk
  • 55ml of water
  • One egg
  • Two spoons of vegetal oil
  • Salt and pepper, as you like. 
To bake it, you must start preheating your oven at 200°C. As your oven is on, you should focus on the making of the pudding. In a bowl, you will add the flour, salt and pepper, after that you should open a hole in the middle in which you will add the egg and then mix it all together. As you use a beater to mix your ingredients, you should carefully add the water and milk, till you achieve an homogeneous liquid mix. You will use the oil in your muffin tin and heat it for ten whole minutes before pouring your mix into the form. On the oven, you must let the puddings baking for 25 to 30 minutes until it  is crunchy and has a golden look. And then, there you are, you are ready to serve. Bon appétit!

#4 Butter Tarts | Canada



Butter tarts are famous deserts on Canadian territory. They can be homemade or you can find them in any supermarket or bakery.  Althought its filling is mainly made with butter, eggs and suggar, the baker may add nuts, pecan, blueberries, chocolate chips, apples or pumpkin. 
To make a butter tart, you will need:
  • 1 pie pastry dough or 12 pre-made tart shells (you can buy it in any supermarket);
For the filling:
  • 1/4 cup of melted and cooled butter
  • 1/2 cup of brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup of corn syrup
  • 1 egg
  • A pinch of salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
As you know, you may add something else to your filling as fruits, nuts or chocalate. If you desire to add chocolate, use 1/4 cup of mini chocolate chips; if you desire to add apples, cut little slices; for pecan or walnuts, add 1/3 cup of chopped pecans/walnuts.

To start baking your butter tarts, you must preheat the oven 200°C and grease your muffin tin. Then, you will take your pastry dough and cut out circles, if you have a round cookie cutter, better for you. You will gently form into the muffin tin, you may use a floured shot glass to form the rounds into the tin. Now, we are going to move on to the filling.  Melt the butter and let it cool while you beat the egg with vanilla, brown suggar, salt and corn syrup, after that you mix it all together. Now you can add the pecans, the chocolate, the apples or just let it plain. You should pour the filling into the shells and bake for 15 minutes at 200°C, after 15 minutes reduce the heat to 175°C and bake for approximately 10 minutes, until the tarts start to turn brown. Let it cool and enjoy!

#5 Boxty | Ireland


Boxty is basically a pancake, but made with potatos. On Ireland they have a great love for potatos, but who can blame them, right? It is not unusual to find dishes made only with potatos in its differents formats. Boxty is so popular on the country that even has its own sayings and rhymes. To make your Boxty, you will need:
  • 1 and 1/2 cups of grated raw potatos
  • 1 cup of flour
  • 1 cup of mashed potatoes
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon of skim milk
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/4 cup of olive oil
First, you should toss the grated potatoes with flour in one large bowl, then stir in mashed potates until it is all combined. In other bowl you should mix the egg and the milk, after that you will join them with the potatos and add the salt and pepper. For the second step you will heat the olive oil and drop the potato mixture (not all at once, form patties about 2 inches in diameter). You should fry both sides until you achieve a golden brown look. Serve your boxtys warm and enjoy.


See you next week!
xoxo








Hello guys!
On this week's post we are going to bring some music to you. Do not expect new names on the music industry, we are not working with that. The artists we selected may be well known by you, but perhaps you do not know where they come from. Sometimes, we just assume the artist we listen to, or watch on television, are americans, however we may surprise ourselves when discovering that they come from a totally different country. Need an example? Dylan and Cole Sprouse from our beloved kid show "Zack and Cody" are actually italians! On this post we selected five different singers and bands, one for each country, and we will give you a sample of their music, but remember, if you are going to use any of this in your classes, you need to choose a song that fits your purposes while teaching. 

#1 DUA LIPA | UNITED KINGDOM 



I am sure you have heard of Dua Lipa and her number 1 hit "New Rules". The singer is from the United Kingdom, and entered the music spotlights in 2015, when she signed her first contract in the music industry. The 24 years old pop composer became famous in 2017 and already conquered two Grammy Awards. From her new album, Future Nostalgia, here is one of her singles for your delight: Break My Heart.

#2 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER | AUSTRALIA




To the ones who like pop/rock, this is a band formed in Sydney, Australia in 2011. The band is composed by lead vocalist and guitarist Luke Hemmings, bassist and vocalist Calum Hood, lead guitarist and vocalist Michael Clifford and drummer and vocalist Ashton Irwin. They are the winners of multiples MTV Video Awards and ARIA’s Music Awards. The band has already 4 albums, including the recently dropped album: CALM. You can check their music on all streaming platforms, but our recommendation for you is the famous song who named their third album: Youngblood. 


#3 LORDE | NEW ZEALAND



Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, is famously known as Lorde, a newzeland singer who was elected the most influential teenager in the years of 2013 and 2014 by TIME's magazine. Lorde has been on the spotlights since her song "Royals", the chart-topping single from her first EP. The 23 years old singer already counts with two Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards and a nomination for a Golden Globe. The electropop composer was also part of the soundtrack of The Hunger Games in 2014 with her single "Yellow Flick Beat", which is our suggestion for you today.

#4 NIALL HORAN | IRELAND




If you like love songs, you’ll like Niall’s music. He is a former member of the boyband One Direction, and is currently on his second album on solo career. Niall was born in Mullingar, Ireland in September, 13, 1993. The 26 years old pop singer is the winner of the AMA’s best new artist in 2017.  Check the single "On the Loose" from his first solo album, "Flicker".

#5  ARCADE FIRE | CANADA




Arcade Fire is a Canadian indie rock band formed by Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, William Butler, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara. The band was formed in 2001 in Montreal, Canada, and they have already released 5 albums. The band won a Grammy Award for album of the year in 2011 with the album “The Suburbs”. From their last album, here is the single "Everything Now".

See you next week,
xoxo.
Hello guys!
On this week post we are going to talk a little bit about some TV shows and movies that may bring to you a sense of different cultures from countries that speak English. Not only as teacher, but as forever students, we believe that entertainment is a great way to experience culture and language variation and it also increases your vocabulary and knowledge of the language. Before we start, it is important to mention that if you want to use these during your classes, you have to check the age classification of the movie/TV Show and if fits your purposes while teaching, to help you with that, most of our selection is school friendly, but, to be safe, we will let you know the movie classification and any trigger warnings.

NEW ZEALAND | MOVIE: FALLING INN LOVE (2019) | +10


Genre: Romantic comedy.
An american executive wins an old Inn in New Zealand and drops her life in America to remodel the property, but she does not do it alone. This is a great movie to get to know New Zeland's landscapes and their people habits.
Available on netflix.

AUSTRALIA | MOVIE: RIDE LIKE A GIRL (2019) | +13


Genre: Biographical drama.
The movie is based in a real life event. It tells the story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup in 2015. Besides being a reseanoble recent event, this movie brings Australian culture and breaks down sexist beliefs.
Available on AppleTv.

IRELAND | MOVIE: LEAP YEAR (2010) | +12


Genre: Romantic comedy.
A real estate worker goes to Ireland to ask her boyfriend to marry her on the leap day, when the tradition says that men cannot refuse the proposal on this day. But, a series of events that she hasn't planned happens when she asks an Irish innkeeper to help her get to her boyfriend in Dublin. On this movie, besides being able to get to know beautiful irish landscapes, you also get to know their habits and traditions.
Available on Google Play Films and Youtube.

UNITED KINGDOM | TV SHOW: THE CROWN (2016) | +14


Genre: Biographical drama.
On this TV show, you will be able to experience and understand the british monarchy, which is a great part of their culture. The TV show follows queen Ellizabeth II's reign and the political rivalries that happened since then.
Available on Netflix.

CANADA | TV SHOW: ORPHAN BLACK (2013) | +16


Genre: Science Fiction.
Trigger Warning: Sex and violence. Be careful to select specific scenes if you are going to play this show on your classes.
When someone that looks exaclty like Sarah dies in front of her, she decides to assume her identity, but that takes her further than she thought she could go. On this TV show you can experience many English variations speeches and a lot of canadian sets, as well as the difference between people's life downtown and on the suburb.
Available on Netflix.

See you next week!
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Our purpose is to work with the approaches developed by the author Antonieta Megale, that is: the Contributions Approach - which focus on heros, food, holidays, and other cultural elements and it is the most welcome approach by schools; and the Transformative Approach, which is more complex, since it deals with teaching culture from another's people perspective.
Here you are going to find inspiration to teach culture in your classes, besides the American Culture, which we are overwhelmed with. We intend to present music, TV shows and more about different countries that also have English as their mother tongue. 




“The people express facts, ideas or events that are communicable because they refer to a stock of knowledge about the world that other people share. In other words, language expresses cultural reality.”

Claire Kramsch

To learn another language is to see the world from a different perspective. It is impossible to learn another language without getting to know, at least a little bit, of their culture, the culture of the people who speaks the language. As English is a language spoken in many places, it is very important to show to our students that they exist and that each of them is just as important.

“We can say that culture are a common system for perceiving, believing, evaluating and acting.”
-Claire Kramsch


 With that, we can say that culture is how people defined themselves as a part of a community that share, for example, values and traditions. It is a way of feeling that you belong somewhere as a social group. Culture is in everything we do, our interactions, our actions and our beliefs shared with others.
(Concepts by Claire Kramsch and  Antonieta Megale)
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