"...No matter where we found ourselves in life or in academia, we always came together to collectively peck at questions of defining identity and membership to a linguistic community. [...] Language transmits culture, and culture carries language–how can language learning or teaching ever really take place without acknowledging these elements?"
My entire entry can be read here: http://bild-lida.ca/blog/uncategorized/another-semester-done-and-another-year-draws-to-a-close-by-rhonda-chung/
BILD is a critical sociolinguistic blog started by members of McGill's Department of Integrated Studies in Education with the goal of discussing our language experiences in the multilingual setting of Montreal.