Reading 2 – Language & Culture 2

  • This is an additional Reading Text for the Animation degree programme at QUST/Bradford
  • It is uncontroversial to say that reading is probably the best way to extend your vocabulary and the more you read, the greater your vocabulary will be
  • As you read the article below, select the correct word from the box to fill the gaps 🙂

These words are from the Academic Word List (AWL)

Nouns: institutions period transmission framework aspects

Adjective: cultural

Verbs: creates transforms enables occur

What is culture? Culture refers to the social behavior and norms found in human societies. It includes the arts, beliefs, customs, _______________, and other products of human work and thought to a particular social group and/or a particular ______________ of time (e.g. a national culture, the culture of the Tang dynasty or a modern American high-school subculture). Some _____________ of culture are considered to be ______________ universals because they are found in all human societies; these include expressive forms like art, music, dance, ritual, religion, and technologies like tool usage, cooking, shelter and clothing. Culture ___________ social learning to _________________ through ____________________ of mythology, philosophy, literature and science, and it provides the __________________ for social organization in human societies. This includes political organization and the organization of social institutions. Culture ____________ and ___________________ individual experiences, everyday life, social relations and power within a social group.

Original source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture

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The correct answers:

  1. INSTITUTIONS
  2. PERIOD
  3. ASPECTS
  4. CULTURAL
  5. ENABLES
  6. TRANSMISSION
  7. FRAMEWORK
  8. CREATES/TRANSFORMS
  9. CREATES/TRANSFORMS

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