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2、CulturalBackgroundKnowledgeinEnglishTeaching1.IntroductionCulturesaredifferentfromoneanother.Eachcultureisunique.Learningaforeignlanguagewellmeanslearningmorethanmerelymasteringthepronunciation,grammarandwords.Itmeanslearningalsotounderstandhowthenativespeakersofthatlanguagereflectth
3、eidea,customs,andbehavioroftheirsocietybymeansoftheirlanguage.Learningalanguage,infact,isinseperablefromlearningitsculture.Languageisapartofcultureandplaysaverysignificantroleinit.Ontheonehand,withoutlanguage,culturewouldnotbereadable.Ontheotherhand,languageisinfluencedandshapedbycult
4、ures,itcomprisespeople’shistoricalandculturalbackgroundsaswellastheirapproachtolifeandtheirwaysoflivingandthinking.Languageandcultureinteractandunderstandingofonerequiresunderstandingoftheother.Brookstatedthatturningtoculture,wedeliberatelyshiftfocusawayfromlanguageassuchtowardsthepeo
5、plewhousethelanguage:whereandhowtheylive,whattheythink,feel,anddo.Itisnowadaysacommonplaceinalanguagepedagogythatlanguageandcultureareintertwined,thatitisnotpossibletoteachalanguagewithoutculture,andthatcultureisthenecessarycontextforlanguageuse.However,ithasbeengivennotenoughcaretoin
6、ourteachingforalongtime.Althoughmanystudentshaveacquiredfourskills—listening,speaking,readingandwritingaccordingtothedemandoffourtraditionalsyllabuses,theyoftenmakemistakesinapplicationoflanguagetoreallife,becauseourteachingandteachingmaterialsattachimportancetolanguageformsbutignoret
7、hesocialmeaningoflanguageformsandlanguageapplicationinreality.Culturehasawideconcept.Itreferstothetotalofmetalandphysicalcivilizationthatcreatedbyacountryandthepeopleduringthedevelopmentofthesocialhistory.FromtheviewofEnglishteaching,itcontainshistory,geography,custom,lifestyle,litera
8、tureandart,religion,valueandsoon.ThenewstandardofEnglishcourseinChina,forthefirsttime,rankstheculturalteachingintotheteachingpurpose,emphasizingtotrainstudents’sensibilitytoculturaldifferenceanddevelopingtheircompetenceofcross-culturalcommunication.ThisisreallyaninnovationforChineseEn
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