The impact of cultural milieu in developing second language awareness: Towards an intercultural shelter of mind

The article is dealt with the importance of culture in developing second language awareness. Students’ identification with, and maintenance of their native language and culture can have a positive influence on learning a second culture, more specifically, on learning English as a second language. The process of acquiring a second language is the process of transcreating one culture into another. Culture, a vibrant resource, represents hidden curriculum in second language teaching. The present study explores that language and culture are inseparable that constitute a single universe we experience.