CULTURAL FACTORS IN THE TEACHING OF VIETNAMESE TO FOREIGNERS AT THE FACULTY OF VIETNAMESE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES, HUE UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Language and culture have an inseparable, organic relationship. Language is a means to  convey culture and culture is contained in language. In communication, if cultural factors in a language are neglected, it is really difficult to for people to communicate successfully.  Understanding this inevitable truth, foreign language teachers always  pay attention to integrating culture knowledge into  their lessons to achieve the best results of teaching and learning. This article is the result of an investigation of the real situation of integrating culture knowledge into the teaching of Vietnamese to foreigners at the Faculty of Vietnamese studies of University of Foreign Languages, Hue University.  Based on the result of the study, we acknowledge the  importance of teaching languages combined with culture and propose some good teaching methods.