On Teaching Cultural Background Knowledge in English Reading at Senior Middle Schools 高中英语阅读中文化背景知识的传授

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1、高中英语阅读中文化背景知识的传授OnTeachingCulturalBackgroundKnowledgeinEnglishReadingatSeniorMiddleSchoolsAbstractPeopleliketousethe"globalvillage"todescribethepresentworld.Becauseoffrequentcross-economy,cross-culturecommunication,theworldhasbecomesmallerandsmaller.Inviewoffrequentinternationalcomm

2、unicationandtheinternationalstatusofEnglish,ChinesemustlearnEnglishwellsoastocatchupwiththeworld.Broadlyspeaking,learningaforeignlanguageislearningthatnation'sculture.WhenwestudyEnglish，weshouldstudyculturesrelatedtoEnglishspeakingcountries.EnglishreadingisaveryimportantaspectinEngl

3、ishlearning,anditisdeeplyinfluencedbyculturalbackgroundknowledge.IntheprocessofteachingEnglishreading,teachersshouldteachstudentsculturalbackgroundknowledgewhichisveryimportantforstudentstoimprovetheirreadingability.TheEnglishteachingreformhasbeenimplementedformanyyears,andthesyllab

4、usalsoputsmoreandmoreattentiontoculturalbackgroundknowledgeteaching.Butthecurrentsituationofreadingteachinginseniormiddleschoolsisnotsatisfactory.InChina,readinghaslongbeenviewedasapassiveprocess.Mostteachingmethodsadoptedinreadingclassaresimplytoreadthetextquickly,retellthetext,ans

5、werquestions,domultiplechoicesandsoon.Theresultofsuchteachingmethodsisthatstudentslosetheirinterestinlearningandneglecttheacquisitionofculturalbackgroundknowledge.Studentsalwaysmisunderstandtexteveniftheyknowthemeaningsofeverywordbecauseoflackingculturalbackgroundknowledge.Thereisal

6、ongwaytogotochangethesituation.ThemaincausesofmisunderstandinginEnglishlearningaremultiple.HoweverthefundamentalreasonsarethefactthatChineseandwesternersaredifferentinthinkingpattern,ethicalstandardandvaluesystem,religion,customandsoon.Tosolvetheseproblems,weneedtorecognizetheimport

7、anceofteachingculturalbackgroundknowledgeinseniormiddleschoolsandfamiliarizetheprinciplesusedtoteachculturalbackgroundknowledgeinEnglishreading.AsanEnglishteacher,heorsheshouldhaveagoodcommandofsomeroadsandwaystoteachingculturalbackgroundknowledge,andputthemintotheteachingofEnglishr

8、eadingflexibly,such