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英语教学差异

一摘要

InEnglishteaching,weshouldnotonlycultivatestudents'abilitytouseEnglish,butalsototrainstudentswiththeabilitytocross-culturalcommunication.Becauseofhistory,culture,customs,livingenvironment,religion,andsodifferent,resultinginWesternculturetherearesignificantdifferences,whichappearedinavarietyoffactorsthatplaguedlearningEnglish.ToovercometheculturaldifferencesbetweenChinaandtheWesttobringcommunicationbarriers,toteachEnglishbrigademuststrengthentheculturaldifferencesintheteachingofEnglishteachinginordertoimprovestudents'Englishcommunicationskills.

二教学背景和学习氛围

1,salutation（appellation）

Weknowthateverynationhasitsculturalbackgroundisdifferentfromotherethnicgroups（culturalbackground）,thisculturalbackgroundexistinallareasofsociety,people'swordsanddeeds,allconstrainedbyit.Forexample,theChineseusedtocall"Wang","Zhangnurse"called"TeacherWang""NurseZhang",Englishpeoplefeelitsoundsincredible.EnglishpeoplegenerallycallwithMr.,Miss,Mrs,etc.AnotherexampleisinEnglish,thekinshipisnotwidelyusedforsocializing.IfweareanativeEnglishspeakerelderscalled"UncleSmith","AuntBrown",theothersidewillfeellesspleasingtotheearlistening.Englishonlyunderaverycloserelationshipbetweenthecircumstancesbehindtheuseofsuchkinshipandwithoutname,withonlythename,suchas"UnclePeter".

2.Acknowledgement（thankfulness）

Generallyspeaking,weChinesepeoplerarelyuseamonghisfamily,"Thankyou."Ifused,maysoundstrange,orontherelationshipwiththedistance,whichisourculturalhabits.InEnglish-speakingcountries"Thankyou."Isoneofthemostpolitelanguageusefrequency.Foralmostalloccasions,amongallpeople,evenbetweenparentsandchildren,brothersandsisters,evenbetweenhusbandandwifeisnoexception.Broughtabottleofdrink,mealpreparationtable,theotherwillsay"Thankyou."Publicplaces,nomatterwhatothershelpyoubusy,youhavesaidloudly"Thankyou."Thisisthemostbasiccourtesy.

3.Chanbatches（admirationandcriticism）

Thesamething,differentculturalbackgrounds,opinionsdiffer.Chinesepeopledespisedogs,hencethe"runningdog","dogstuff""shamelessdog","cornered""Gouzhangrenshi""snoblow"andsosaid.InWesterncountries,peoplewillappreciatethebraveandloyaldog,thedogisalsooftenfoundinpraiseofidiomsandproverbs,andthepeoplelikeneddog.Forexample:

"aluckydog"（lucky）,"Loveme,lovemydog"（Aiwujiwu）,"Everydoghashisday."（Everydoghashisday）andsoon.

4,privacy（privacy）

     InWesterncountries,peopleareverymuchconcernedaboutprivacyissues.Forexample,inWesterncountries,theweight（avoirdupois）,income（earning）,marriage（wedlock/marriage）,women'sage（age）,etc.aresomefairlysecretquestion.Ifyouareinwhentheymeet（especiallyreferstothetwosidesarenotfamiliarwiththetime）toaskthesequestions,itwillmakepeoplethinkyouarerude,eventoaskwhereareyougoingtodothekindofproblemorwillthinkyouareinDetectionofhis/herprivacy.InChina,wetendtoputthemintheWestconsiderimpoliteproblemasaconcernforothers.SoprivacyisadifferenceintheWestmoreprominentissue.

5,greet（greetings）

InEnglish-speakingcountries,wheneverafriend,whenacquaintancesmeet,alwaysgreeteachotheroreachothergreetings.OnecommonstereotypeChinesepeoplewhentheymeetis:

"eatenyet?

"（"Haveyouhadyourmeal?

"）IfyoutalktoEnglish-speakingcountrieswhosaythattheythinkyouwanttoaskthemtoeatit.Andjustwhenhewaswaitingtohearyoubelow,butyoutalkaboutthingsbeside.Sotendtomakeeachotherfeelbaffled.Theywillthink,donotaskmetodinner,Iaskedwhyeatenyet?

English-speakingcountriesusuallygreetweather,health,transportation,sportsandinterests,hobbiesasthetopic.

6,thefestival（festival）

CulturaldifferencesinWesterncountriescanalsoshowrespectfromthefestival.

InadditiontotheWesterncountrieshaveincommonfestivals,suchasNewYear'sDay,thetwosidesalsohavetheirownuniquefestival.

ChinahastheSpringFestival（ChineseNewYear）,Tomb-sweepingDay（QingmingFestival）,theDragonFestival（DragonBoatFestival）,Mid-AutumnDay（Mid-AutumnFestival）andsoon.

WesterncountrieshaveaValentine'sDay（Valentine'sDay）,Easter（Easter）,AprilFool'sDay（AprilFool'sDay）,Mother'sDay（Mother'sDay）,ThanksGivingDay（ThanksgivingDay）andChristmasDay（Christmas）andthelike.

Inthefestival,agiftforsomeoneelse,theChinesepeopleandtheWesterncountriesalsoshowedadifferentattitude（attitude）.Chinesepeopletendtoputoffrepeatedly,theperformancewasnoalternativebuttoaccept,evenifaccepted,generallydonotopenface.Iftheopenfaceandexclaimed,