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1、OntheCultureDifferenceinEnglishTeaching1.IntroductionWiththedevelopmentofmodernization,theworlditselfisbecominga“globalvillage”.OpportunitiesforChinesetocontactwithwesternersaregrowing.Duetothedifferencesingeography,developmentlevel,differentcountriesandnationali
2、tiespossessdifferentcultures,histories,customsandreligion,misunderstandingsoftenoccurinEnglishteaching.Thesamewordsorexpressionsmaynotmeanthesamethingtothepeoplewithdifferentcultures.Becauseofculturaldifferences,aseriousquestionmaycauseamusementorlaughter;aharmle
3、ssstatementmaycausedispleasureoranger.Becauseofculturaldifferences,jokesbyaforeignspeakermaybereceivedwithblankfacesandstonysilence.Yetthesamestoriesinthespeaker’sowncountrywouldleaveaudiencesholdingtheirsideswithlaughter.ProfessorDengYanchangoncesaid“…Infact,the
4、learningofalanguageisinseparablefromthelearningofitsculture.”However,afterseveralyearsofEnglishstudy,evencollegestudentsstillfindithardtocommunicatewithEnglishnativespeakers.It’snotthattheydon’thavethecommandofthelanguageforms,butthattheylacktheknowledgeofthetarg
5、etculture.SoEnglishteachersshouldhelpstudentsacknowledgetheculturebackgroundinteaching.teachingshouldfocusonculturestudyandlearntheskillsofcommunication.2. RelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureWhatistherelationshipbetween
6、languageandculture?Whatroledoescultureplaywithlanguage?Inanycultureorregion,languageismuchmorethansemantics,muchmorethanwhatthewrittenpageorthespokenwordcancontain.Thisespeciallybecomesclearwhenstudyingaforeignlanguageandlearningthewaysofaparticularculture.Forexa
7、mple,theuseofintroductions,salutations,everydaysayings,etc.Thisareainparticulargivesmoreweighttoculturethentothewordsthemselves.Anyonestudyingaforeignlanguagehastobebiculturalaswellasbilingualtospeakthenewlanguageinawaythatitisnotdisparagingtothecultureanditsorig
8、in.Languagedoesnotendatthemeaningortheuseofwordsassociatedtoaculture"wordsrepresentbeliefs,history,andthecultureoftheiroriginandtheymustbeusedaccordingly.Aswea
