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Language is cultural. Without understanding the cultural norms of a language, people within the culture may see us as rude or strange. Our goal is to understand. My focus and expertise is on cultural and language differences between Korean and English.

Korean and English Language Differences

Language and Cultural Connections Language and culture are closely related. This post explains a number of ways that […]

Cross-Cultural Communication: 10 Useful Terms

Culture Terminology 101 Language and culture are closely connected. For effective cross-cultural communication, it’s important to learn about, […]

Cross-Cultural Communication

Crossing the Cultural Divide One of my passions is cross-cultural communication. As a language teacher living in a […]

Why learn a language? Why learn about culture?

What do we mean by culture? My favorite definition of culture is provided by the Peace Corps. According […]