Akademik Məlumat İdarəetmə Sistemi
no.8, pp.1-9, 2023 (Conference Book)
THE CONCEPT OF LINGUACULTUROLOGY AND LINGUACULTURAL COMPETENCE
Azerbaijan State University of Economics
Teacher, Aynur Mehtiyeva, Azerbaijan, Baku
aynur_mehtiyeva@unec.edu.az
mob: +994503304505
orcid.org/0000-0002-5256-4081
Abstract
Cultural, economical, and social contacts between nations become closer day by day. Every individual is a part of the culture that includes national traditions, language, history, and literature. The recent activation of cultural studies turned the spotlight on linguaculturology. Nowadays, teaching a foreign language has become more popular. That is why teaching a foreign language requires modernization as it requires a concept and knowledge of the culture of the given language. The formation of Linguacultural competence takes place in Foreign Language Teaching. As Kunanbayeva,S. (2013) stated, the teaching of foreign language communication required organization from the position of it representing a dialog of culture. Knowledge of culture and language is an integral part of teaching a foreign language. Linguaculturology is a branch of linguistics that connects culture and language. According to Maslova, V.(2001), Linguoculturology is a branch of linguistics that arose at the intersection of linguistics and culturology and studies the manifestations of the culture of the people, which are reflected and entrenched in the language. Thus, the purpose of this article is to analyze the concept of linguaculturology and linguacultural competence also its importance in FLT. Language and Culture Language is one of the most important cultural phenomena, since only with the help of language does the formation and expression of the individual's worldview occur. Throughout their lives, people are in the linguistic space. But language is not considered only a method, it is also an atmosphere where the formation and life of an individual take place, which determines life experience. In other words, the life of an individual takes place within the language itself, and a person often experiences its influence on himself. Language is presented to us as a human phenomenon linking mental, social, and cultural life. The mental aspect, in turn, is presented as processes of perception, generalization, and comparison. The social aspect is that people do not live alone on an island that is uninhabited. They live among the same people. And communication takes place through language. However, what is the cultural aspect? According to Brooks, N.(1968), “Our greatest immediate problem is that we are uncertain about what we mean by the word culture”. Language is a mirror of culture. In language, we see a reflection of not only the real world surrounding the individual but also the self-consciousness of the people in society, their mentality, national character, lifestyle, traditions, customs, morality, value system, attitude, and vision of the world. It is also considered the custodian of cultural values, including vocabulary, grammar, idioms, proverbs, sayings, folklore, fiction and scientific literature, and forms of oral and written speech. In addition, language tries to facilitate the adaptation of people to the environment, is an assistant in the correct assessment of objects, phenomena, and their relationships, allows you to identify objects of the surrounding reality, classify and organize information about it, and also makes it possible to organize and coordinate human activities.
Keywords: linguaculturology, linguacultural competence, phenomena, formation, mental aspect, perception.