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1、CulturalbackgroundknowledgeandenglishteachingOutline:I.ProblemsarousedbydifferentculturalbackgroundsA.SomedifficultiesinmunicationcausedbydifferentculturalbackgroundsB.BriefillustrationofrelationshipbetsinEnglishteachingandteachingmaterialcausedbyneglectofculturalbackgroundknoportanceofcult
2、uralbackgroundknotherespectofallusionsasillustrationa)Oldallusionsfromhistory,religionandliteratureb)NetherespectofidiomsasillustrationD.NecessityofculturalbackgroundknoaterialB.EncouragingD.UsingnativeEnglishvideotapesandfilmsE.EncouragingmunicationericaneofaChinese.Asthevisitorsailedandsa
3、id:“ynameisLiHong.A:Hot?B:IefromNanjing.2.A:anyfixedEnglishly.Forexample,theansuch,please?”insteadof:“Houchdoyouchargeme?Or“HouchdoIoe,sir.eonthetelephone,“e?”or“anyeuphemismsthatsometimesit’shardtoknoood.Sople,?”andtheotheransuchinsteadoftheliteralmeaning“veryinteresting”.yneericaandEnglan
4、d,usuallypeopledon’tsayunpleasantple,ayansveryetimesoutofhispoliteness,eetingunfamiliarpeople,hemayconcealhistruefeelings.Forexample,AaskedB:“Hoafraid”,orothersimilaransunication,speakersneedstandardpronunciationandintonation,aserousexamplesthatmaticalrules,butunsuitablefortheoccasion.Once,
5、afterastudentgavealecture,heaskedaforeignvisitorforhisadvice.Hesaidlikethis,“Iamdesirousofexploringyourfeelingonthelecture”—ent.Hesaidthesentencethebook.Thevisitorexplainedthatphraseslike“desirousofexploringyourfeelings”terriblysorrytohearthatyourhusbandhasjustdied,butdon’tletitupsetyoutoom
6、uch.You’reanattractiveyoungan.I’msureyou’llfindsomeoneelsesoon.”Althoughthematicalrules,theycannotbeappliedinmunication,andatthesametime,theybetraythesocialcustoms.Aspeoplesarediverse,customsarediverse.Itisonlynaturalthenthats,differencesoftenariseinusingoflanguage.Forexample,eonepraiseyour
7、Englishisverygood,AmericanandChineserepliestoplimentsaredifferent.AccordingtoChinesecustoms,theygenerallymurmursomereplyaboutnotbeingericancustoms,theytendtoaccepttheplimentericansthinkstocriticizetheotherside,isimpolite.ReadingEnglisharticlesrequiresace