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1、OntheCultureDifferenceinEnglishTeaching1.IntroductionWiththedevelopmentofmodernization,theworlditselfisbecominga“globalvillage”.OpportunitiesforChinesetocontactwithwesternersaregrowing.Duetothedifferencesingeography,developmentlevel,differentcountriesandnationalitiespossessdifferentcultures,hist
2、ories,customsandreligion,misunderstandingsoftenoccurinEnglishteaching.Thesamewordsorexpressionsmaynotmeanthesamethingtothepeoplewithdifferentcultures.Becauseofculturaldifferences,aseriousquestionmaycauseamusementorlaughter;aharmlessstatementmaycausedispleasureoranger.Becauseofculturaldifferences
3、,jokesbyaforeignspeakermaybereceivedwithblankfacesandstonysilence.Yetthesamestoriesinthespeaker’sowncountrywouldleaveaudiencesholdingtheirsideswithlaughter.ProfessorDengYanchangoncesaid“…Infact,thelearningofalanguageisinseparablefromthelearningofitsculture.”However,afterseveralyearsofEnglishstud
4、y,evencollegestudentsstillfindithardtocommunicatewithEnglishnativespeakers.It’snotthattheydon’thavethecommandofthelanguageforms,butthattheylacktheknowledgeofthetargetculture.SoEnglishteachersshouldhelpstudentsacknowledgetheculturebackgroundinteaching.teachingshouldfocusonculturestudyandlearnthes
5、killsofcommunication.2.RelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureWhatistherelationshipbetweenlanguageandculture?Whatroledoescultureplaywithlanguage?Inanycultureorregion,languageismuchmorethansemantics,muchmorethanwhatthewrittenpageorthespokenwordcancontain.Thisespeciallybecomesclearwhenstudyingaforei
6、gnlanguageandlearningthewaysofaparticularculture.Forexample,theuseofintroductions,salutations,everydaysayings,etc.Thisareainparticulargivesmoreweighttoculturethentothewordsthemselves.Anyonestudyingaforeignlanguagehastobebiculturalaswellasbilingualtospeakthenewlanguageinawaythatitisnotdisparaging
7、tothecultureanditsorigin.Languagedoesnotendatthemeaningortheuseofwordsassociatedtoaculture"wordsrepresentbeliefs,history,andthecultureoftheiroriginandtheymustbeusedaccordingly.Asweallknow,languageiscloselyrelatedtocultureand
