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1、英语教学中的文化因素ThereisnodenyingthatEnglishhasplayedandwillcontinuetoplayaratheressentialroleinourlife.ManyanEnglisheducatorexertsalltheirattemptsandeffortstoreformtheEnglishlanguageteachingandlearningmethods.Aswcallknow,languagehasemergedanddevelopedtogetherwithculture.Languageisthekeys
2、toneoftheculture.Nowadays,educatorsassociateculturalcomponentswithpurelanguageteaching.Theypaymoreattentiontodevelopstudents’cross-cultureawareness.I.WhatisLanguage?Languageisasystemofarbitraryvocalsymbolsusedforhumancommunication.I?orthesesymbols,thereisnocorrectionbetweentheworda
3、ndtheitemintheworldthatitrefersto.Communicationisconsideredtobetheprimaryfunctionofthelanguage.However,functionsoflanguagearevaried.AccordingtoHuZhuanglin,therearesevenfunctions：1.informative,providingusefulinformationforourlife.2.interpersonalfunction,bywhichpeopleestablishandmain
4、taintheirstatesinasociety.3.performative,changingthesocialstatesofpersons.4.emotivefunction，changingtheemotivestatesofanaudiencefororagainstsomethingorsomeone.5.phaticcommunication，socialinteractionoflanguage.6.recreationalfunction.7.metalingualfunction,talkingaboutlanguageitself.(
5、11-16)I.WhatisCulture?Aswcknow,differentlanguageshavedifferentcultures.Cultureisanintegratedpatternofhumanbehaviorthatincludescommunication,practices,beliefs,values,customs,thoughts,ritualsaswellasmannersofinteractingandroles.Inthispart,Ijustwanttoexploretwobasicwaystodefinetheterm
6、“culture.’’Thefirstdefinitioncomesfromhumanities.Ttemphasizesonthewayasocialgrouprepresentsitselfandothersbyitsmaterialproductions.Theseconddefinitioncomesfromthesocialscience.Itreferstotheattitudesandbeliefs，waysofthinking，behavingandrememberingsharedbymembersofthecommunity.II.The
7、RelationshipbetweenLanguageandCultureLanguageisasignificantandvitalpartofagivencultureandtheeffectofthecultureuponagivenlanguageisevidentandindispensable.Differentlanguagesmayreflectdifferentcultures.Differentculturesentaildifferentlanguageexpressions.Languageandculturearecloselyas
8、sociatedwitheachotherandde
