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1、中国中学英语教学中如何融入文化背景教学【Abstract】Languageisasocialcommunicationtool,andhastheinseparablerelationshipwiththesocialculture.Inrecentyears,withtheaccelerationofreformandopeningup,foreignexchangesbecomemorefrequent,andcross-culturalcommunicationineverynationbecometheindispensablepartoflife.Butcultural

2、differencesarecross-culturalcommunicationbarriers,whichhasbecomeacommonproblemfacingtheworld.Therefore,cultureplaysaveryimportantroleinEnglishteaching,whichiswidelyacknowledgedbyEnglishteachingcircle.Meanwhile,“cultureawareness”isprescribedintheNewEnglishCurriculumStandard.Theobjectofforeignl

3、anguageteachinghasbrokenfreefromtheconventionallistening,speaking,readingandwriting.Thedemandforculturalinformationinlanguagelearninghasbeenraised.Culturalbackgroundknowledgecan,toagreatextent,holduptheimprovementofEnglishteachingandbecomeanoticeableproblem.Presentationofculturalbackgroundist

4、heproposedsolutiontotheproblem.ThispaperdiscusseshowtopresentculturalbackgroundinformationandexposelearnerstoitintheneedofEnglishteachingatChineseHighschoolsoastohelplearnersgraspthecruxofthelanguageanddeveloptheirabilitytocommunicateinEnglish.ThisisshownasthebestwaytoimproveEnglishteachingan

5、dlearning.【KeyWords】languageteaching;culturebackgroundknowledge;cultureteaching;Englishteaching【摘　要】语言是社会交际工具，与社会文化的关系密不可分。近年来，随着改革开放步伐的加快，对外交往日益频繁，国与国之间的交流也越来越广泛，跨文化交际成为每个民族生活中不可缺少的部分，然而文化差异是跨文化交际的障碍，已成为整个世界共同面临的问题。因此，文化在英语教学中具有极其重要的作用，这一观点已经得到了英语界的广泛的认可。但是，学生文化背景知识的匮乏在很大程度上妨碍了英语教学，成为外语教学中一个

6、严重的问题。新的《英语课程标准》提出了文化意识的培养，外语教学的目的已从传统的听、说、读、写中脱离出来。外语教学中，使学生熟悉所学语言国家的历史、文化传统和风俗习惯等对拓宽教学内容，开阔学生眼界，使所学知识转化为交际能力，有着不可估量的作用。教师应注重向学生介绍文化背景知识，探索如何在外语课堂上有效地融入文化教学，从而帮助学生克服母语的干扰，养成用英语思维的习惯，更快地掌握语言，这是提高英语教学质量的最佳途径。【关键词】文化背景；语言教学；文化教学；英语教学141IntroductionThelinguistRobertLadodefinesthegoaloflearningaf

7、oreignlanguageas“theabilitytouseit,understandingitsmeaningsandconnotationsintermsofthetargetlanguageandculture,andtheabilitytounderstandthespeechandwritingofnativesofthetargetcultureintermsoftheirgreatideasandachievement”(Lado,1964:25)[1](p90