Topic: Some people argue that learning a second language involves learning the culture of the the country where this language is spoken. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

To most people, it is true that learning a second language is essential for future life, especially student. So through culture to learn the language of a country is a great idea for someone who desires to learn the language easily. In my opinion, it appears to me that there is no difference between acquiring a language and acquiring a culture.

On the one hand, culture affects the development and formation of the language. When we learn the culture of a certain country, we will be more receptive to their language. For example, each different country has different cultures will create different language such as hieroglyphics, the form of Egyptian writing that uses pictures right to left. Hence, if we understand specifically the culture of other countries, we will use more standard their languages as a native speaker.

Besides that familiarity with culture is one of the most prerequisites of communication with native speakers. Most people think the “OK” gesture by hands means “Good” or “It's Okay”. However, in some places, this symbol has a bad meaning. In France, this gesture is understood as “You are just a zero number”. Or in the US, the sign of raising a thumb shows something of approval or encouragement. However, you should not use this habit in some places such as Greece, Russia, or West Africa because it will be understood by the other person as "Up yours". Hence it can be denied that we need to use not only on wording, pronunciation and sentence construction but also on physical gesture, body language, and facial expressions to communicate. That is a reason why we should learning the culture of the country to communicate favorably with native speaker effectively.

In conclusion, we can make it clear that culture is a key that determines the distinction between languages. The cultural background of a language has relating to the forming of a language so learners should combine it effectively to find the best solution for learning foreign languages.