Cultural Background Knowledge and English Teaching 英语论文

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1、CulturalBackgroundKnowledgeandEnglishTeachingOutline:I.ProblemsarousedbydifferentculturalbackgroundsA.SomedifficultiesincommunicationcausedbydifferentculturalbackgroundsB.BriefillustrationofrelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureC.ProblemsinEnglishteachingandteachin

2、gmaterialcausedbyneglectofculturalbackgroundknowledgeII.ImportanceofculturalbackgroundknowledgeinlanguageteachingA.NecessityofculturalbackgroundknowledgeinauralcomprehensionB.NecessityofculturalbackgroundknowledgeinoralEnglishC.Necessityofculturalbackgroundknowled

3、geinreading1.Fromtherespectofallusionsasillustrationa)Oldallusionsfromhistory,religionandliteratureb)Newallusions2.FromtherespectofidiomsasillustrationD.Necessityofculturalbackgroundknowledgeinwritingandtranslation1.Intranslation2.Inwritinga)DifferencesinChinesean

4、dEnglishwritingstylesb)NecessityofknowingthesedifferencesIII.HowtocarryouttheteachingofculturalbackgroundknowledgeA.SelectingproperteachingmaterialB.EncouragingwidereadingC.PayingattentiontoproperwordingintheclassroomD.UsingnativeEnglishvideotapesandfilmsE.Encoura

5、gingcommunicationwithnativespeakersofEnglishF.HoldinglecturesaboutcultureIV.Conclusion:Itisnecessaryforteacherstopassonculturalbackgroundknowledgetostudents.OnceanAmericanwasvisitingthehomeofaChinese.Asthevisitorsawthehost’swife,hesaid,“Yourwifeisverybeautiful.”Th

6、ehostsmiledandsaid:“Where?Where?”—whichcausedtheAmerican’ssurprise,butstillheanswered:“Eyes,hair,nose…”—ananswerthatthehostfoundabitpuzzling.Thesurprisingwascausedbydifferentcultures.“Where?Where?”meaning“哪里！哪里！”inChineseisakindofhumblesaying.ButtheAmericanunderst

7、ooditas“Whichpartsofthebodyarebeautiful?”So,thereasonforbothsides’misunderstandingswasdifferencesincustomsandhabits.Eachwasexpressingandunderstandingwhattheothersaidaccordingtohisorherculture.Eventslikethesearefairlycommonwhenpeopleofdifferentlanguagesandculturesc

8、ommunicate.Becauseofculturaldifferences,misunderstandingsmayarise,althoughthelanguageusedincommunicationmaybefaultless.Thesamewordsorexpressionsmaynotme