中英文化对比及在文化教学中的应用

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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