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Acknowledgments

Iwanttothankallthosewhohelpmeinmyworkofthesis.Firstofall,Iamsincerelygratefultomysupervisor,professorGaoXinyan,forherguidanceandsuggestion.Itisshewhohasbeeninstructingmeformystudy,solvingtheproblemsofmythesis.Withherhelp,Icanaccomplishthisthesissmoothly.

Second,IwanttothankallmyprofessorssuchasTianZhaoxia,YanLin,YunHui,GuoLiintheforeignlanguageschool,whohavegivenmetheirinstructiveandinsightfullectures.

Allthesametime,IwouldliketousethisopportunitytoexpressmysincereappreciationtoallmyclassmatessuchasJingMeiyu,ZhengManling,SongWenkeaswellasmyfamilyfortheirunselfishsupportintheprocessoftheresearch.

Abstract

InordertoreduceoravoidpragmaticfailuresofseniorhighschoolEnglishlearnersininterculturalcommunication,thisthesisanalyzesthephenomenonofhighschoolEnglishlearnerspragmaticfailure,andsumupthehighschoolEnglishlearnerspragmaticfailurefromculturaldifferences,thinkingpatterns’differencesandthetraditionalteachingmethod.Combinedwiththepragmaticfailureinthe practiceofEnglishlanguageteaching,thisthesissumupitsimplicationsforEnglishlanguageteaching:

developingstudent’sculturalconsciousness;improvingthetraditionalteachingconceptandskills;self-improvementinseniorhighschoolEnglishteaching,whichimproveEnglishlearners’pragmaticandinterculturalcommunicativecompetence.

KeyWords:

Cross-Culture;PragmaticFailure;Implications;HighSchoolEnglish 

Teaching

摘要

本文分析高中英语学习者语用失误的现象,并从中总结高中英语学习者语用失误的根本原因是中西方文化、思维模式差异以及传统的教学观念。

结合外语教学实践中出现的语用失误,本文总结出其对外语教学的启示:

即通过培养学生文化意识、改进传统教学观念、教师技能的自我改进等相应教学策略改进高中英语教学,避免跨文化语用失误的产生。

关键词:

跨文化;语用失误;启示;高中英语教学

TableofContents

Acknowledgmentsi

Abstractii

摘要iii

TableofContentsiv

ChapterOneIntroduction1

ChapterTwoLiteratureReview2

2.1DefinitionofPragmaticsFailure2

2.2InterculturalPragmaticFailureStudiedAbroad2

2.3IntercultuaralPragmaticFailureStudiedatHome3

ChapterThreePragmaticFailureofSeniorHighSchoolStudents5

3.1PhonomenonofPagmaticFailure5

3.2AnalysisofHighSchoolStudents’PragmaticFailure.8

3.3CausesofPragmaticFailure6

3.2.1ChinaandWesternCulturalDifferences6

3.2.2Sapir-WhorfHypothesis—ThinkingPatterns7

3.2.3ViolatingCooperativePrinciple7

ChapterFourImplicationsforHighSchoolEnglishTeaching9

4.1CultivitingStudent’sCulturalAwareness9

4.2ImprovingTraditionalTeachingConceptsandMethods9

4.3Teacher’sSelf-improvement.10

ChapterFiveConclusion12

References14

ChapterOneIntroduction

Aseveryoneknows,foreignlanguageasthemaincarrierofinternationalcommunication,theimportanceofforeignlanguageisclear.ThetraditionalEnglishTeachinginseniorhighschoolinourcountryhaslongbeenpaidattentiontothetraditionalgrammarteaching,whichignorestheimportanceofthecorrectuseoflanguageinseniorhighschoolforeignlanguageteaching.Theseniorhighschoolstudents’cross-culturalcommunicationcompetenceisfarfromsatisfaction,andpragmaticfailureoftenoccursininterculturalcommunication.Therefore,improvingthecross-culturalcommunicationcompetenceofstudentshasbecometheimportanttaskofhighschoolEnglishculturalclass.TheanalysisofInterculturalPragmaticFailureisnotaneasyjobifsomebasicrulesarenotfollowed.Cross-culturalcommunicationmaybecomeanightmareifcorrectcommunicationmeasuresarenottaken.Inordertorealizethesedifficultiesontheprocess,somebasicprinciplesneedtobeknowninthisthesisincommunicationsothatahealthierdiscoursepatterncanbeadopted.FromtheperspectiveofseniorhighschoolteachinginChina,English, asacompulsorydiscipline,issuchimportancethatmillionsofChinesestudentsfromprimaryschooltouniversityshould learnit.ForalongtimeinChina,theseniorhighschoolEnglishlearningemphasisonlanguageknowledgeinclassroom,whichignoresthelanguageuseinreallife.Themajortasksandaimsofhighschoolteachingaretopassallkindsofexamination.

Takingtheinterculturalpragmaticfailureofhighschoolstudentsasanexample,thisthesisfurtheranalyzesthebarriersthatleadtotheinterculturalpragmaticfailure,andgivingaseriesofsolutions.Inordertoavoidcross-culturalpragmaticfailures,basedonthestudyofseniorhighschoolEnglishclassroomteachingculture,thisthesisexplainstherelationshipbetweeninterculturalcommunicationandpragmatics,discussesthecrossculturalpragmaticfailureinseniorhighschoolEnglishteaching,analyzesthecausesofpragmaticfailure.Therefore,howtocultivatestudents’interculturalpragmaticconsciousnessisthemostimportanttaskofforeignlanguageteaching.

Englishisusedforcommunication.Inotherwords,thegoalofseniorhighschoolEnglishl