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1、Language,CultureandCommunication1.IntroductionWiththedevelopmentofpolitics,economicsandscientifictechnology,theworldisquitedifferentfrombefore.Theearth,wherethehumanbeingsarelivingin,seemstakeshrinking.Today,tripsoncetakingyears,months,weeks,andthendaysarenowmeasuredinamatterofhours.Ineffect,thepl
2、anetearthisnotshrinking,buttimeandspaceis.Intheglobalvillage,nationsarelikefamiliesandcountriesarelikeneighborhoods.Timeandspacenolongerisolateorprotectnationsandgroupsfromeachother.Itnaturallyfollowsthatinterculturalcontacthasbecomemorefrequent,directand,therefore,moresignificantthaneverbefore.Wh
3、enpeopleofdifferentculturalbackgroundscommunicatewitheachother,misunderstandingsaswellasconflictscomeup.Chinahasbecomeanactivememberoftheworldcommunity,andherentryintotheWTO,isboundtobringusintomorecontactwiththeoutsideworld.Atthesametime,theEnglishlanguagehasbecomethemostwidespreadmediumofinterna
4、tionalcommunication.MoreandmoreChinesepeopleuseEnglishastheirsecondlanguage,evensomeChinesestudentsgoabroadtofurthertheireducation.ThefollowingisareportfromaBritishmagazine-TheEconomist(2003:31&51):ChinesestudentsarefloodingintoBritishuniversities.Seenfromcloseto,Britain’suniversitiesareinasorryst
5、ate:overcrowded,cash-strapped,anddemoralized.Butfromfarawaytheycanlookveryattractive.Theirmarketingtoforeignstudentsisexcellent,especiallyinChina,whereeducatingchildrenabroadisincreasinglyfashionable.Thelatestfirmfingers,from2001,showaround18,000ChinesestudentsinBritishhighereducation.Thatmakesthe
6、nthelargestgroupoutofatotalof143,000foreigners.Anditisa71%increaseon2000preliminaryfigurefor2002showsafurtherincreaseof67%,takingthelikelytotalover25,000.Somequestionswillariseinone’sbrains:Aretheycompatiblewiththewesternculture?38DoestheEnglishlanguagetheyhavelearnedinChinaenablethemtocommunicate
7、withBritishpeople?CantheirculturalawarenessaboutBritishculturehelpthemtoovercomecultureshockattheearlystage?Tosolvethesequestions,thepresentthesisprobesintotheEnglishlanguageteachinginChina.Theaimistoincreasesign
