Publication: What is language and why does this matter to English teachers?
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2023
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Arias, Juan José
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Federación Argentina de Asociaciones de Profesores de Inglés
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In this reflective article, we critically analyse two definitions of language (i.e., language as a tool for communication and as a cultural artefact) along with arguments associated with them used to legitimise the teaching of English as a foreign language. We focus on some of the problems these definitions pose both from an educational and a linguistic/scientific perspective. After defining language as a biological capacity all human beings share, we explain what the relevance of this conception of language is in ELT.
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Arias, J. J. (2023). What is language and why does this matter to English teachers?. Argentinian Journal of Applied Linguistics , 11(1), 4–12.