浅析中西方文化差异英语学习的影响毕业论文.docx

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浅析中西方文化差异英语学习的影响毕业论文

吉林农业科技学院

学士学位论文

论文题目：

浅析中西方文化差异英语学习的

影响　

年级专业：

10级英语本科2班　

学生姓名：

田学龄　

学号：

1009603206　　　

指导教师：

可微　　　　　　　　

评阅教师：

完成日期：

2014年5月20日　

农业科技学院

JilinAgriculturalScienceandTechnologyUniversity

ThesisforBachelor’sDegree

Title:

AnalyzingtheinfluenceofChineseandwesternculture

differencesinlearningEnglishlanguage

Major：

English

Name：

TIanXueling　　　　　

Number:

06

Tutor：

FanKewei　　　　　　　　　　　

Date：

05/20/2014

摘要

本文探讨了中西方文化差异对英语学习的影响，认为跨文化交际是影响学生学习英语的最主要障碍，包括种族不同、政治文化不同、信仰不同以及社会生活不同。

并提出了提高学习能力的有效策略，如:

充分了解西方文化背景、忌讳等。

关键词：

中西方；文化；差异；英语；学生

Abstract

ThispaperprobesintothedifferencebetweenChineseandWesterncountrieswhichinfluenceourEnglishlearning,analyzingsuchelementsasethniccustoms,politicalandculturaldifference,religiousbelief,andsociallife.Besides,thispaperproposestheeffectivestrategiesofhowtoimproveEnglish,suchasknowingthebackgroundofwesterncountriesandtaboo.

Keywords:

ChineseandWestern;culture;difference;learning

Content

摘要I

AbstractII

ContentIII

Chapter1Introduction1

Chapter2Therelationshipbetweenlanguageandculture2

2.1Languageisaveryimportantpartofculture.2

2.2Languagereflectsthecultureofanation.3

2.3Languageandculturalhappenedatthesametime.3

2.4.Languageisatoolofthinking,andthecompositionoftheculture　withoutthinking.3

2.5Differentlanguagehavedifferentusefulbecauseofthedifferentculturebackground.3

Chapter3TheinfluenceofEnglishlearningbetweenthedifferenceofChineseandwesterncountries4

3.1.TheinfluenceofethniccustomsdifferencetotheEnglishlearning4

3.2PoliticaldifferencesontheimpactoflearningEnglish5

3.3TheinfluenceofreligiousbeliefsdifferenttotheEnglishlearning5

3.4ThedifferencesofsociallifeimpactonEnglishlearning7

3.4.1Differentvalues8

3.4.2DifferentinWine9

3.4.3DifferentinWedding9

3.5TheinfluenceofthegeographicalregionaldifferencesinEnglishlearning.10

3.6ThehistoricalallusiondifferencestoEnglishlearning11

Conclusion12

Bibliography13

Acknowledgement15

Chapter1Introduction

Inthisrapidlydevelopingsociety,diversifiedeconomiesneedmeeting,negotiations.Eachnationhasitsownuniqueculturalbackgrounds,leadtothedifferencevalues,thinkingmode,andsocialrules.Thecross-culturalcommunicationburgeonsfast,andbecomesthekeypointofourstudy,andturnstothemostimportantpointinEnglishlearning.EnglisheducationistooimportanttohelpChinesegooutoftheworld.MostpeopleisconfusedfortheEnglishlearning.Alotofwordsandsolidgrammarcannotmakepeoplecommunicateflexible;onthecontrarypeoplecanunderstandthemeaningbutcannottosay.Thereareappeared“chinglish”inChinese,andappearedaseriesofjoke,eventhemisunderstanding.Andthenwhywehavenowaytocommunication,theansweristhedifferencebetweenhineseandthewesterncountries,itcontainsthedifferentlanguagewords,differentbackgrounds,anddifferentlanguagecommunications.

Incommunication,accordingtotheresearchofscholarsathome.Andabroad,theinfluenceofculturalismoreimportantthanlanguage.Rosst（1974）claimedinformationthatisofonly35%,andCross-culturalcommunicationmessageisashighas65%.MeBrabia（1968）thought,about93%oftheinformationeffectfactorsderivedChineseandwesternculturaldifferences.

Asweknow,therearesomanydifferencesbetweencultureoftheEastandWestthatIcannotlistalloftheirdifferentaspects.Iwillfocusonthedifferencesofdietcustomandteachingsystem.Foryourbetterunderstanding,IwillsetexamplesofChinaandAmerica.

Chapter2Therelationshipbetweenlanguageandculture

Languageandculturehasacloserelationship.Fromtheperspectiveoftheinstitutionalfeaturesoflanguage,languageisasymbolsystem;itisincludethephonemes,morphemes,wordsandphrases.Sentenceandarticleconstituteofthehierarchysystem.Fromtheperspectiveofthefeaturesoflanguage,languageisatoolofthinking,oratoolforcommunication.Inabroadsense,cultureiscreatedbyhumanintheprocessofsocialandhistoricaldevelopmentofthesumtotalofmaterialwealthandspiritualwealth.Fromthenarrowsense,culturalisknowledgesystemfromhumanculturalvalues.Earlyinthe20softhiscentury,AmericanlinguistE.Sapirinhis"Language"（Language）（1921）pointedout:

"Languageissomethingbehind,andtheLanguagecan'tleaveculture."LinguistPalmersaidinAnIntroductiontoModernLinguistics“languageisthehistoryofthehistoryandcultureofcoordinate,theycanhelpandinspirationtoeachother.”Therelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureisroughlydividedintofourpoints:

2.1Languageisaveryimportantpartofculture.

Mainlybecauseofthelanguagehavethecharacteristicsoftheculture.Firstly,languageisnotlikebiologicalgenetic,butwhattheylearninthefuture,likeculture.Secondly,cultureisthecommonwealth,ethicallanguagestoo.Thirdly,fromtheperspectiveoftheconnotationofculture,languageincludesthehumanmaterialwealthandspiritualwealth.Languageisthehumancreatedakindofspiritualwealthintheprocessofitsevolutionisapartofculture,bothasauniquehumansociety.Gödel’soncesaid:

"asociety'slanguageisoneaspectofthecultureofthesociety.Therelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureispartandwhole."Theobtainmentofknowledgeismainlybasedonbooks,sothewide-rangingreadingplaysaveryimportantroleinimprovinglisteningcomprehension.Itnotonlycanenlargeyourfieldofvision,increaseyourknowledge,enlivenyourwayofthinking,strengthenlanguagesense,butalsohaveagreatadvantageofexpandingvocabulary.Itisveryimportantforalllisteners.Fewreadingwillleadtopoorknowledge,whichmakesrigidwayofthinkingandlowabilityofjudging,summingup,inferringandforecasting.Languageasapartofculture,itsparticularitydisplaysin:

itistheimportanttooloflearningculture,peopleinthestudyandapplicationofthewholeprocessofdevelopingculture.

2.2Languagereflectsthecultureofanation.

Throughthelanguageofanationpeoplecanunderstandthatthenationalcustoms,lifestyleandthinkingcharacteristicsofculturalcharacteristics.Forexample,intwolinestoparent’sbrothersandsisterstheappellationtheperformanceformsofthelanguage,therearebigdifferencesinEnglishandChinese.InEnglish,onlyuncle,aunttwowords,inChinese,thereare“bo,shu,gu,jiu,yi”nottomix.ThisphenomenonreflectstheChineseclanconceptandthecharacteristicsofthepatriarchalculture.Languageasapartofculture,itsparticularitydisplaysin:

itistheimportanttooloflearningculture;peopleownthewholecultureinthestudyandapplication.

2.3Languageandculturalhappenedatthesametime.

Languageisthepremiseofculturalformationanddevelopment,culturaldevelopmentalsopromotedthedevelopmentofthelanguageisrich,thelanguageownup,peoplehaveculture.Languageistheimportantsymbolsfrompeopleandanimal.Humancreatedcultureinlanguage,andinturn,cultureaffectsthehuman,causehumanstogreaterprogress.Humanlanguageisthelanguageofhumansociety,ithasmanycloserelationship，withhumansocietyandhumanculture

2.4.Languageisatoolofthinking,andthecompositionoftheculture　withoutthinking.

Asthetoolofthinking,languageaffectsandrestrictstheway,thescopeanddepthofthinking.However,whenthinkingdevelopmenttoacertaindegree,languageformcan'tmeettheirneedsorhinderitsdevelopment,peoplewillconsciouslyorunconsciouslytransformationthinkingtool,tomakelanguagechange,inthissense,thinkingisinfluencesandrestrictsthelanguage.

2.5Differentlanguagehavedifferentusefulbecauseofthedifferentculturebackground.

Forexample,whenpeoplemeetatthespecialplace,theyalsoask“areyoueat?

”whentheymeetatrestaurantor“whichbookhaveyouread”whentheymeetatlibrary.Butthewesternpeopleonlysay“hello”

　　IntheUnitedStates,toinviteothersisequivalenttoborrowsomeoneelsetime,so"invited"aroundthe"time".InChina,toinviteotherstoactivityisconsideredtobethesacrificeoftheirowntimeorgiveothersface

Chapter3TheinfluenceofEnglishlearningbetweenthedifferenceofChineseandwesterncountries

Differentnationsoflanguagearedifferentculture.Wemustattachimportancetoculture,caneliminatethedifferentbetweenlanguages,soastotrulyachievethegoalofculturalcommunication.Itincludesethniccustoms,politicalandculturaldifferences,religiousbeliefs,sociallifeandgeographicregionaldifferences.

3.1.TheinfluenceofethniccustomsdifferencetotheEnglishlearning

Customsispeopletocommunicatewithyouinourdailylife.Languageisdifferentduetopeopledifferentliveenvironment.

Chineseisalsolikethat.Chinesepeopleemphasisoneating,eatingproblemhaslongbeenparticularlyconcernedaboutpeople,sothistopichasbecomeoneofthefavoritediscussiontopic.Peoplealwayspolitetosay“areyoueat?

”whentheymeeting.MostoftheChinesepeopleallknoweatingornoteatingarenotimportant,justgreet,butifyouasktheBritishpeople“areyoueat?

”Hisfirstreactionis"heisgoingtoinvitemetohaveameal?

"Infact,theChineseaskatewhenyoumeetisthesamemeaningasBritishpeoplealwaysasktheweathergoodtoday.Butjustaccordingtotheircustomstoforeigncommunicationcouldmakeeachotheroff.

Chinesepeoplehearpraisefromothersalwayssay“where,where!