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1、Cross-culturalLearningofEnglish(TheobstaclesofEnglishlearnersundertheinfluenceofChineseculture)任广攀Abstract:Cultureplaysanimportantroleinlearningofaforeignlanguage,EnglishlearnersalwaysfacetheculturalobstacleswhentheylearntospeakEnglishasthenativeEnglishspeakersdo.Thisresearchpaperfocusesontherela
2、tionshipbetweencultureandlanguage,someculturaldifferencesandsimilarities,analyzingtheculturalobstacleswhichEnglishlearnersalwaysconfrontduringtheprocessoflearningEnglish,thenmakesastatementabouttheimportanceofcross-culturallearningofEnglishifEnglishlearnerscanstudyEnglishwell.Keywords:Culturediff
3、erences,Obstacles,EnglishlearnersForeword:Asweallknow,thereisacloseconnectionbetweenlanguageandculture.Moreoftenthannot,theeffectoflanguageexpressionsiscarriedoutbetweenanytwolanguagespeakersthroughtheunderstandingofacertainculture,therefore,mostoftheobstaclesthelanguagelearnersmightmeetarethebas
4、icunderstandingsoftheculturebehindthenativelanguagespeakers.SomeEnglishlearnersmightunderstandwhatthenativeEnglishspeakerstalkabout,butjusttoacertaindegree,notcompletelyandspecifically.TakewatchingEnglishmoviesasanexample,sometimesitcouldbeveryhardforsomeEnglishlearnerstounderstandeveryepisodeoft
5、hewholemoviewhichwascarefullydesignedbythemoviemaker.Itisbecausetheyknowlittleaboutthebackgroundinformationofthemovie,andthemajorpartofthebackgroundinformationbelongstothecultureofthatcountryinwhichthestorywaswritten.1:ThedefinitionofcultureWealwaystalkaboutculture,butwhatisculture?Itcouldbealitt
6、ledifficulttogiveaspecificdefinitionofculturesincetherearemanydifferentdefinitionsofculture.InthebookAnewconcisecourseonlinguisticsforstudentsofEnglish,thewritertellsusthat:“culture,inabroadsense,meansthetotalwayoflifeofpeople,includingthepatternsofbelief,customs,objects,institutions,technique,an
7、dlanguagethatcharacterizesthelifeofhumancommunity.Inanarrowsense,culturemayrefertolocalorspecificpractice,beliefsorcustoms,whichcanbemostlyfoundinfolkculture,enterprisecultureorfoodcultureetc.”Cultureissuchacomprehensi