Language

The non-material aspects of culture are very important and can be even more important than material aspect. Language is so important because it allows us to express our culture and explain ourselves and our beliefs. We saw how difficult different culture can be without language in our card game exercise. There were different rules at each table but without being able to speak, we could never learn the new rules. This reminds me of the time i visited the Czech Republic. I did not know a lick of Czech and the area we were in had very little English. It was hard to find basic things like certain restaurants and even the bank. These things didn't look like they do in America so we needed language. We eventually did learn some basic words for certain things and places.