Culture Factors in English Teaching 英语教学中的文化因素

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1、学位论文英语教学中的文化因素内容提要由于社会文化知识的缺乏即使语言准确无误也会产生误会——这是中国学生进行跨文化交际时常见的问题本文试图说明为什么在英语教学中必须重视文化因素以及如何把文化教学融入语言教学之中本文以阐释文化与语言的密不可分的关系以及外语教学的目的为理论依据提出了在英语教学过程中如何传授文化知识和培养学生文化能力的具体目标内容和方法ABSTRACTOwingtothelackofsocioculturalknowledgemisunderstandingmayarisealthoughthelanguageusedinco

2、mmunicationmaybefaultless.ItiscommonamongChineseEnglish-learnerswhentheycommunicatewithpeoplefromEnglish-speakingcultures.ThispaperisanendeavorthatintendstoshowwhyweshouldemphasizetheimportanceofcultureinteachingEnglishandhowweshouldblendtheteachingofcultureintothatoflan

3、guage.WiththeexpositionoftheintegralrelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureandobjectivesinEnglishteachingasthetheoreticalbasesthewriterattemptstoproposethegoalscontentandmethodsofteachingculturalknowledgeanddevelopingstudents’culturalcompetence.INTRODUCTIONOnceafifty-year-

4、oldforeignteacherwastellingherstudentswhatshehadseenonherjourneytoChina.Asshementionedthatshefeltalittletiredafterthejourneyoneofthestudentssaidtoherwithgreatconcern:“Youshouldhaveagoodresttoday.Youshouldnotgettootiredatsuchanoldage.”Theforeignteacherwasveryunhappywhensh

5、ehearditandsaid:“Idon’tthinkI’mthatold.Pleasedon’tworryaboutit.”WhywastheteachersounhappyThereasonliesinthedifferentperceptionsoftheconceptofoldageindifferentcultures.IntheWestpeopleassociatetheconceptofoldagewithuselessness.WhileintheEasternculturepeopleusuallyshowtheir

6、respecttotheaged.ItisnowonderthatthesolicitudeexpressedintheChinesewayasshownintheexampleabovehurtthewesternteacher’sfeeling.EventslikethisarefairlycommonwhenChinesestudentscommunicatewiththeEnglish-speakingpeople.Becauseofculturaldifferencesmisunderstandingmayarisealtho

7、ughthelanguagethestudentsuseincommunicationmaybefaultless.ThereforeitisobviousthatthemasteryofaforeignlanguageormorespecificallyhereEnglishisnotjustthatofitsphonologygrammarandlexis.Apartfromlisteningspeakingreadingandwritingcultureinlanguagelearningisanindispensableskil

8、l.Itisalwaysinthebackgroundreadytounsettlethegoodlanguagelearnerswhentheyexpectitleastmakingevidentthel