Many people think that the best way to learn a culture is to learn the language of it. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Some people think that it is the best

way

to learn a

culture

through learning its

language

. I partly disagree with

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To begin

with, in

this

globalization era, some languages are already out of touch with their

culture

. Different countries are using

same

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language

as their official languages

such

as English and Spanish.

For example

, America, India, and Australia all of them are using English to converse.

However

, the difference in their

culture

is extremely obvious. It is hard to understand Indian

culture

through learning English.

This

is because

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of

language

is a tool to communicate, and it does not necessarily include local

culture

.

In addition

, learning

culture

from their

language

is inefficient, which needs to start from scratch. You might spend over 500 hours learning their basic vocabulary, grammar, and accent.

Subsequently

, it is only

then

that you might understand the cultural meanings inherent in the

language

.

Not to mention

those people who don’t have

language

talent might give up along the

way

.

However

, learning

culture

from their

language

still is one of the possible methods. Because some languages reflect cultural values and their history. Chinese,

for example

, has a long history. The stories in Chinese idioms reflect the history of changing dynasties, and the meanings of the

language

also

include early social ideas like Confucianism. Each character even has its own unique story. In conclusion, I would disagree that

this

is the best

way

to learn

culture

because it is an indirect

way

to learn

culture

,

while

I agree that

this

could be one of the methods to learn

culture

.