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1、OntheCultureDifferenceinEnglishTeaching1.IntroductionWiththedevelopmentofmodernization,theworlditselfisbecominga“globalvillage”.OpportunitiesforChinesetocontactwithwesternersaregrowing.Duetothedifferencesingeography,developmentlevel,differentcountriesandnationalitiespossessdifferentcult
2、ures,histories,customsandreligion,misunderstandingsoftenoccurinEnglishteaching.Thesamewordsorexpressionsmaynotmeanthesamethingtothepeoplewithdifferentcultures.Becauseofculturaldifferences,aseriousquestionmaycauseamusementorlaughter;aharmlessstatementmaycausedispleasureoranger.Becauseofc
3、ulturaldifferences,jokesbyaforeignspeakermaybereceivedwithblankfacesandstonysilence.Yetthesamestoriesinthespeaker’sowncountrywouldleaveaudiencesholdingtheirsideswithlaughter.ProfessorDengYanchangoncesaid“…Infact,thelearningofalanguageisinseparablefromthelearningofitsculture.”However,aft
4、erseveralyearsofEnglishstudy,evencollegestudentsstillfindithardtocommunicatewithEnglishnativespeakers.It’snotthattheydon’thavethecommandofthelanguageforms,butthattheylacktheknowledgeofthetargetculture.SoEnglishteachersshouldhelpstudentsacknowledgetheculturebackgroundinteaching.teachings
5、houldfocusonculturestudyandlearntheskillsofcommunication.2. RelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureWhatistherelationshipbetweenlanguageandculture?Whatroledoescultureplaywithlanguage?Inanycultureorregion,languageismuchmorethansemantics,muchmorethan
6、whatthewrittenpageorthespokenwordcancontain.Thisespeciallybecomesclearwhenstudyingaforeignlanguageandlearningthewaysofaparticularculture.Forexample,theuseofintroductions,salutations,everydaysayings,etc.Thisareainparticulargivesmoreweighttoculturethentothewordsthemselves.Anyonestudyingaf
7、oreignlanguagehastobebiculturalaswellasbilingualtospeakthenewlanguageinawaythatitisnotdisparagingtothecultureanditsorigin.Languagedoesnotendatthemeaningortheuseofwordsassociatedtoaculture"wordsrepresentbeliefs,history,andthecultureoftheiroriginandtheymustbeusedaccordingly.Aswea
