On the Culture Difference in English Teaching15

On the Culture Difference in English Teaching15

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1、OntheCultureDifferenceinEnglishTeaching1.IntroductionWiththedevelopmentofmodernization,theworlditselfisbecominga“globalvillage”.OpportunitiesforChinesetocontactwithwesternersaregrowing.Duetothedifferencesingeography,developmentlevel,differentcountriesandnationaliti

2、espossessdifferentcultures,histories,customsandreligion,misunderstandingsoftenoccurinEnglishteaching.Thesamewordsorexpressionsmaynotmeanthesamethingtothepeoplewithdifferentcultures.Becauseofculturaldifferences,aseriousquestionmaycauseamusementorlaughter;aharmlessst

3、atementmaycausedispleasureoranger.Becauseofculturaldifferences,jokesbyaforeignspeakermaybereceivedwithblankfacesandstonysilence.Yetthesamestoriesinthespeaker’sowncountrywouldleaveaudiencesholdingtheirsideswithlaughter.ProfessorDengYanchangoncesaid“…Infact,thelearni

4、ngofalanguageisinseparablefromthelearningofitsculture.”However,afterseveralyearsofEnglishstudy,evencollegestudentsstillfindithardtocommunicatewithEnglishnativespeakers.It’snotthattheydon’thavethecommandofthelanguageforms,butthattheylacktheknowledgeofthetargetcultur

5、e.SoEnglishteachersshouldhelpstudentsacknowledgetheculturebackgroundinteaching.teachingshouldfocusonculturestudyandlearntheskillsofcommunication.2.RelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureWhatistherelationshipbetweenlanguageandculture?Whatroledoescultureplaywithlanguag

6、e?Inanycultureorregion,languageismuchmorethansemantics,muchmorethanwhatthewrittenpageorthespokenwordcancontain.Thisespeciallybecomesclearwhenstudyingaforeignlanguageandlearningthewaysofaparticularculture.Forexample,theuseofintroductions,salutations,everydaysayings,

7、etc.Thisareainparticulargivesmoreweighttoculturethentothewordsthemselves.Anyonestudyingaforeignlanguagehastobebiculturalaswellasbilingualtospeakthenewlanguageinawaythatitisnotdisparagingtothecultureanditsorigin.Languagedoesnotendatthemeaningortheuseofwordsassociate

8、dtoaculture"wordsrepresentbeliefs,history,andthecultureoftheiroriginandtheymustbeusedaccordingly.Asweallknow,languageiscloselyrelatedtocultureand

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