on some teaching methods in cultivating students’ cross―cultural awareness

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1、OnSomeTeachingMethodsinCultivatingStudents’Cross―culturalAwareness　　【Abstract】Withtheconstantappearanceofculturalshocksinthecross-culturalcommunication，alargenumberofEnglisheducatorsarethinkingabouthowtocultivatestudents’cross-culturalawarenessindailyEnglishteaching.

2、ThispaperaimstolistsomeeffectiveEnglishteachingmethods，hopingtoworkwithalltheEnglishteacherstomakestudentsbecome“communicativewinners”　　【Keywords】Cross-culturalawareness；EnglishTeachingMethods　　Toachievethepurposeofcultivatingstudents’cross-culturalawareness，itisnece

3、ssaryforteacherstoadoptvariousteachingmethodsinclassandoutofclass.Here，somepracticalandeffectivemethodsarelistedasfollows：　　I.Comparativeteachingmethod　　SincetherearegreatdifferencesbetweenChinesecultureandwesternculture，itisdifficultforlearnerstodiscoverandmasterthe

4、seculturalcharacteristics.Itisteachers’tasktohelpthemclarifythesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweencultures，includingvocabulary，customs，education，bodylanguageandsoon.Taketheteachingofwordsforexample，inChina，“red”symbolizeshappinessandrepresents“luck”and“blessing”.Howeve

5、r，inwesternculture，itisanunluckyonemeaning“blood”and“war”.Asteachers，itishelpfultomakeacomparisonofdifferentculturalinformation.　　II.Communicativeteachingmethod　　Wecannotintendthatthecommunicativemethodisthemostusefultoolinlanguageteaching，butwedothinklanguagelearnin

6、gandteachingshouldbeascloseaspossibletolanguageuseinreallife.　　1.Roleplay　　Itreferstostudents’stimulatinginterculturalcommunicationsituationsindailylifesuchasgreetings，telephonetalk，shopping，seeingthedoctorandsoon.Studentscanbenefitalotfromthisactivitybecauseitnotonl

7、yhelpsstudentstounderstandculturaldifferencesbutalsoprovidesopportunitiesfororalcommunication.Forexample，inNEWSENIORENGLISHFORCHINASTUDENT’SBOOK4，Unit4isaimedatintroducingtheculturaldifferencesinbodylanguage.Teacherscanencouragestudentstoperformdifferentwaysofgreetin

8、gsindifferentcountriestomakearoleplay.Inthisway，students’interestininterculturalcommunicationwilleasilybearoused.　　2.Englishcorner