culture influence on language aquisition

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1、CultureinfluenceonlanguageaquisitionTopic:Itiswellknownthatlotsofelmentscanpreventpeoplefromlearningasecondlanguagewell.InthispaperIwanttosaythatcultureinfluencecanberegardedasaveryimportantone.Theeffectoflanguagestudynotonlyaredirectlyinfluencedbypsychologi

2、caloppression,butalsodeterminedbyculturedistance.(Crystal1996)Cultureisaveryimportantelementtoaffectlanguagelearning.Environment,socialstatusanddifferentcultureleadingadifferenteffectinlanguagelearning.Articles:1　EnglishiscompletelydifferentfromChinese.Stude

3、ntsshouldnotonlystudythelanguagebutlearnthedifferentcultureaswell.BeaWehrlyquotesChristensen’sview(1995:115)toemphasizethatcross-culturalawareness“isrootedinknowledgeandunderstandinggainedthroughmeaningful,personalexperiencewithculturallydissimilarpersons.”C

4、ross-culturalstudydemandsstudentsmastermoreknowledgeaboutwesterncountriesandtheirpeople.WhenstudentshavethefirstclassofEnglish,theyapproachitwithacombinationfeelingofexcitementandanxiety.ButChinesestudentsareoftenshockedaftertheygreetforeignerfirsttimewithth

5、issentence:“Didyouhavelunch?”Andthentheyarefrightenedtoopentheirmouth.Theinvisiblecultureoppressionmakesstudentslosetheirconfidence,andbecomepassive.Fromthisarticle,thewriterdemostratedthebarrierinlanguaguestudycausedbyculture,cultureshockmakesthestudentsfee

6、lafraidofspeakbeforenativespeakers.Article2.“Thestudentswouldbeabletogeneralizefromschoolexperiencetolifeexperience.”Jeffersonsaidhundredsyearsago.(StevenETzer,1993:34)StudentsstudyEnglishasaforeignlanguage,anditishardforthemtounderstandthemeaningofEnglishwo

7、rdsanditsculture.Becauseoftheirracialidentity,theyalsofearfortalkingabouttheirexperience.HavingthesameopinionwithHelmks(1984:117),Beawritesinhisbook:“Racialidentitydevelopmentistheconsequenceofthepersons’experienceinhisorhersocialcultureenvironment.”Thatmean

8、sknowledgecomesfromlifeandexperience.Studentsusuallyknowaword,buttheymaynotknowtheexactmeaningoftheword.Althoughtheexperienceissoimportantforalanguagelearner,itisapitythatstudentseverydaystayatt