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1、中英文化对比及在文化教学中的应用 【摘要】在外语教育中,对外国文化的重视是人们的共识。怎样教授文化是全世界的语言教育家所面临的问题。由于人们对国内外文化以及语言和文化的关系的理解不同,因此这个问题相当复杂。本文从多方面对中英文化进行了对比,并提出了一些教授文化的方法,指出国内的英语教师应该着眼于培养学生的文化创新。 【关键词】语言文化中英文化对比文化教学 【Abstract】Inforeignlanguageeducation,theimportanceforeigncultureteachinghasbeenwidelyreco
2、gnized.Howtoteachforeigncultureisfacedbylanguageeducatorsallovertheworld.Thequestionisnotsoeasysincetheanswerreliesonourunderstandingoftherelationbetweenthehomecultureandforeignculture,therelationbetweenlanguageandculture.ThisarticlesetsforththedifferencesbetweenChinesea
3、ndEnglishcultureinseveralaspects. 【KeyWords】LanguageCulture,English-Chinesecomparison,Cultureteaching AccordingtoSapir(1921),“languageisapurelyhumanandnon-instinctivemethodofcommunicatingideas,emotionsanddesirebymoansofvoluntarilyproducedsymbols.”Thehypothesisoflinguis
4、ticdeterminismwasevenputforward,whichmeansthatthewayyourlanguageisorganizedwilldeterminehowyouperceivetheworldbeingorganized.Languageandculturearesocloselyrelatedthatthecorrectunderstandingoftheirrelationshipisofgreatimportanceincross-culturalcommunication. Languageatta
5、chesparticularwordsandphrasestothemostfrequentandmostimportantculturalmeanings.Eachcultureattachesagreatvarietyofassociationstoitslexicalitems,themeaningsofwhicharebeyondsuperficialconceptualmeanings.ComparingthedifferentassociativemeaningsonthesamewordsinEnglishandinChi
6、nesewhileteachingvocabularywillhelpstudentsbetterunderstandthewordsandtexts. Idiomsarecombinationsofwords,themeaningofwhichcan’tbedeterminedfromthemeaningsoftheparts.Idiomsareculture-specificexpressions;theycontainprofoundculturalconnotations.Becauseoftheircloseidentifi
7、cationwithaparticularculture,idiomsusuallycarrymoreimpactthannon-idiomaticexpressions.Theydependverymuchonaspecificsocialorecologicalsetting.Sotheyarejustlikeamirrorwhichcanobviouslyreflectthecharacteristicsofaculture.ComparingdifferentculturesofEnglishandChinesethroughi
8、diomsinteachingmayprovetobequitevaluableinpromotinglearners’culturalawarenessofhistory,geography,conven
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