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1、CulturalAwarenessinEnglishTeachingAbstract:Languageisthecarrierofculture.Unlessunderstandingthecultureofthetargetlanguagecanlearnersusethelanguageinanaccurateandappropriateway.ThisthesisdiscussestheculturaldifferencesbetweenChinaandEnglish-speakingcountries,aimingatevokin
2、gEnglisheducatorsandlearners’attentiontocultureteachingandlearning.Keywords:Englishteaching;culturaldifferences;cultureteaching英语教学中的文化教学摘要:语言是文化的载体,只有了解所属的文化才能准确恰当地运用语言。本文通过论述在英语学习中遇到的一些中西文化差异现象,旨在引起英语教育者与学习者对文化学习的重视,进而提出几个文化教学的方法。关键词:英语教学文化差异文化教学CulturalAwarenessinEngli
3、shTeachingI.IntroductionInthe20s-30softhe20thcentury,thestudyofcross-culturalcommunicationhasdrawninterestintheUSA.Itfocusesontheproblemsarisingfromcommunicationbetweenpeopleofdifferentculturalbackgroundsandseekssolutiontotheseproblems.TheaimsofEnglishteaching,inthesamewa
4、y,aretoenablestudentstomasterthepurelanguageandtocommunicatewiththepeoplefromtheEnglish-speakingcountries.However,becauseofthedifferencesinallaspectsofcustom,wayofthinking,norm,valueandetc.,Englishlearnersoftenmakemistakesbyapplyingtheirownculturetotheforeignone.Itisthegr
5、eatestobstacleforthefailureinsuccessfulcommunication.ItalsodemonstratesthedefectofourEnglishteaching---lackofculturalawareness.EnglishteachinginChina,especiallyinmiddleandhighschool,followsastereotypedmodel,thatisword—phrase—sentencepattern,withlessconcernofculture.Overem
6、phasisongrammarandtheignoranceofculturaldifferencesfrequentlyresultinmisunderstandingevenconflictininterculturalcommunication.Thus,culturelearning,bothhomeandforeignculturelearningappearstobecruciallysignificant.Thispaper,fromaspectsofdailycommunication,vocabulary,nonverb
7、albehaviorandvalues,discussesthewaysofteachingofculture.II.Relationsbetweenlanguageandculture2.1.ConceptionsoflanguageandcultureTostartwiththediscussionofcultureteaching,twoconceptionsareindispensabletobementioned,namelylanguageandculture.Languageisasystemofarbitraryvocal
8、symbolsusedforhumancommunication①.Languageisasocialphenomenon,andeachstandsforoneculture.Broadly