Chapter Homo Loquens Versus Homo Ludens. Glottodidactic Reflections on Johan Huizinga’s Concept of Culture
As far as teaching/learning of foreign languages belongs to the area of culture, it is a form of play as well as (according to J. Huizinga’s point of view) the politics, drama and war are. There are several parallels between a language course and a game. Most of Huizinga’s claims about the essence o...
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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
2025
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| Summary: | As far as teaching/learning of foreign languages belongs to the area of culture, it is a form of play as well as (according to J. Huizinga’s point of view) the politics, drama and war are. There are several parallels between a language course and a game. Most of Huizinga’s claims about the essence of play can be rewritten with the substitution: instead of the noun “a fun” we can write an expression “a learning a language” – without losing their meaningfulness. When we identify language acquisition as fun we can describe the first in terms of the second. The success in playing and learning a language is given to those who join both enthusiastically, treat both seriously, spare no effort, respect the rules, actively participate in them and play fair. |
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