THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTEXT IN TEACHING SECOND OR FOREIGN LANGUAGES. By Piedad Isabel Garrido Ruiz 1.ABSTRACT: This paper draws the important role that society plays in the development of the individual sharing the same context in order to teach foreign or second languages. I am studying the conception of Halloween, one of the typical British and North American celebrations in two groups of Spanish learners in a language centre. It describes an empirical study which sets out to describe and ...