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TheInfluenceofCultureFactorsinEnglishTeaching

文化因素对英语教学的影响

TheInfluenceofCultureFactorsinEnglishTeaching

Contents

Abstract……….……………..………………………………………………1

Keywords…………………………………………………………………..1

I.Introduction.…………………...…………………………………………2

II.TheRelationshipbetweenLanguageandCulture……………………2

1.Differentdefinitionsofculture...……………………..…………………2

2.Therelationshipbetweenlanguageandculture…………..………………3

III.ThePurposeofCultureTeaching…………………….………..……..4

1.Thepurposeofcultureteaching………………………………………….4

2.Thecontentofcultureteaching……….………...……………………….4

IV.TheProblemandSolvingofCultureTeaching………………..……...6

1.Listening………………………………………...…………………….7

2.Vocabulary………...………………….……………………………….8

3.Reading…………………...…………………………………………..8

4.Writing……………………………………………………………….9

5.Translation……………………….…………………………………9

V.TheObjectiveofCultureTeaching…………..………………….……..10

VI.TheStrategiesofCultureTeaching…………………………………..10

VII.Conclusion…………………………………………………………….12

References……………..……………………………………….…………..12

InfluenceofCultureFactorsinEnglishTeaching

Abstract:

Languageisthekeystoneofculture.Withoutlanguage,culturewouldnotbepossible.Ontheotherhand,languageisinfluencedandshapedbyculture,itreflectsculture.Becauseofculturaldifferencesmisunderstandingsmayarise,althoughthelanguageusedincommunicationmaybefaultless.Solearningaforeignlanguagewellmeansmorethanmerelymasteringthepronunciations,grammarsandvocabularies.Itmeanslearningtounderstandtheirculture.TodayinChina,itisimportanttoincorporatecultureteachinginEnglishteaching.TheresearchofcultureteachinginEnglishlanguageteachingmainlyreferstothreeaspects,thenecessitytoteach,whattoteachandhowtoteach.Thisarticlereviewsbrieflythedefinitionsofcultureandintroducestherelationbetweencultureandlanguage.Italsostatesthecontentofcultureteachingandtheobjectivesofcultureteachingandthestrategiesofcultureteaching.ItfurtherexpoundsthatthefinalobjectiveistoachievethelanguageacquisitionofEnglish-learnersthroughcultureteaching.

Keywords:

culture;language;cultureteaching

摘要：

语言是文化的基石，没有语言，文化就无法存在。

从另一方面看，文化影响着语言，语言表现并反映着文化。

虽然应用于交际时的语言没有错误，但由于文化的差异，误解也就随之产生。

所以想要学好一门语言，不仅要掌握它的发音，语法，词汇，还要学会了解它的文化。

今天，在中国，英语教学中的文化教育已日益重要。

英语教学中对文化教育的研究主要包括三个方面，为什么教，教什么，以及如何教。

这篇论文主要概括了文化的定义，文化与语言的关系，文化教学的内容，目标及方法，进一步说明英语学习者的最终的目标就是通过文化教学实现语言习得。

关键字：

文化；语言；文化教学

I.Introduction

WhenwetalkingaboutEnglishteaching,mostofpeoplewillthinkaboutthosebasiclanguageteaching.Namely,listening,speaking,readingandwriting,butignoretheculturefactors.Peoplethosewhohavetheabilityofthebasiclanguageandcommunicationstillmakesomemistakescausedbyculturefactors.So，cultureteachingshouldgainmoreattentionofeducationfield.

Theteachingofcultureisanindispensablepartsofforeignlanguageteaching.Learningaforeignlanguagewellmeansmorethanmerelymasteringthepronunciation,grammar,vocabularyandlanguagefunction.Itmeanslearningtoseetheworldasnativespeakersofthatlanguagedoes;learningthewaysinwhichtheirlanguagereflectstheideas,customs,andbehavioroftheirsociety;learningtounderstandtheir“languagemind”.Learningalanguage,infact,isinseparablefromlearningitsculture.

Cultureisacomplicatedsocialphenomenon.Itexistseverywhere;itcoverseverythinganditisinvolvedinalltheaspectsofsociallife.Thus,itisconsideredasthesumofalltheachievementgotfromthesocialandspirituallife.Generallyspeaking,culturecanbedividedintotwoparts:

oneisFormalCulture,orKnowledgeCulture.Itincludesalltheaccomplishmentsinsocialandphysicalscienceandhighlyreflectshumans’materialandmoralcivilization.TheotherisCommonCulture,orsayCommunicativeCulture.Ithasaseriousofdifferentfeaturesindailylife,suchascustoms,ceremonies,mannersandholidays,etc.Inaddition,people’sactionsorspeechesalldirectlyorindirectlyreflecttheirself-cultivation.

Sincethe1990s,culturalstudieshavebeendiscussedmorefrequently,andthereisregainedinterestandunderstandinginEnglishlanguageteachingandresearch.OurEnglishlanguagecurriculumhasespeciallyacceptedcultureteachingasoneoftheobjectivesinlanguageteaching.

II.TheRelationshipbetweenLanguageandCulture

1.DifferentDefinitionsofCulture

What’s“culture”?

Itisestimatedthatover200definitionshavebeenproposed.H.NedSeelyeputsforwardanunderstandofcultureontwolevels:

oneisculturewithabig“C”whichincludesliterature,arts,music,architecturephilosophyandachievementofscienceandtechnology;theotherisculturewithalittle“c”whichrefersto“lifeofapopulation”,thatis,customs,traditions,andsocialorganizations.Thismeanscultureincludesnotonlysuchmaterialthingsasarts,music,andarchitecture,butalsonon-materialthingssuchascustoms,traditions.Puttingitsimply,culturereferstotheentirewayoflifeofasociety,“thewayofapeople”.

Thedefinitionofcultureconsistsbroadsensemeaningandnarrowsensemeaning.Thebroadsensedefinescultureas“thefeaturesofhumanbeings”.Butthenarrowsensedefinescultureas“alifestyleofhumancommunity”.Infact,thenarrowsensemeaningismoreapttocultureteaching.Accordingtothenarrowsensemeaning,cultureisakindofsocialheritage,whichpeoplehavecreatedforalongtime.Languageandculturehaveintimaterelations,thatis,everykindoflanguagehasitsowndeepculturalconnotationandeverylanguageistheimageofacertainkindofculture.

LiuRunqingandDengYanchangintheirbookdefinecultureasthetotalpatternofbeliefs,customs,institutionsobjectsandtechniquesthatcharacterizethelifeofahumancommunity.

2.TheRelationshipbetweenLanguageandCulture

Inforeignlanguageeducation,theimportantofteachingforeignculturehasbeenwidelyrecognized.However,therearediversepropositionandargumentaboutthepedagogicaltreatmentofculture.Howtoteachcultureinforeignlanguageeducationistheanswerthatreliesonourunderstandingoftherelationsbetweenhomecultureandforeignculture,therelationsbetweenlanguageandculture.

Inthepast,peoplehaveawrongconceptthatlearninglanguageisjustmasteritspronunciation,grammar,vocabularyandlanguagefunction,butignoreitsculturefactorswhichcancausemisunderstanding.JustlikePolitzersaidthatifweteachlanguagewithoutteachingatthesametimethecultureinwhichitoperates,weareteachingmeaninglesssymbolsorsymbolstowhichthestudentattachesthewrongmeaning.

Languageisapartofcultureandplaysaveryimportantroleinit.Languageandcultureareinseparable.Withoutlanguage,culturewouldnotbepossible.

Manylinguistsexploretherelationbetweenlanguageandculture.Nidaholdtheviewthat“everylanguageformweusehascarriesmeaningsthatarenotinthesamesensebecauseitisassociatedwithcultureandcultureismoreextensivethanlanguage.’’

Languageisavehicleofculturetransmission.Differentlanguagemayreflectdifferentcultures;differentculturesentaildifferentlanguageexpression.Idioms,proverbsandmetaphorsindifferentlanguagederivedfromdifferentorigins,alsodemonstrateculturaldifferences.Differentlanguagemayhavedifferentidiomsowingtodifferentlivingenvironments,socialconventionsandliteraturetradition,etc.thus,languagelearnerscannottrulymasterthelanguageuntiltheyhavealsomasteredtheculturalcontextsinwhichthelanguageoccurs.

Onthewhole,therelationbetweenlanguageandculturedeterminestheimportantofcultureteaching.Therelationoflanguagetocultureisthatofparttowhole.Languagereflectscultureandbeinfluencedandshapedbyculture.

III.ThePurposeandContentofCultureTeaching

1.ThePurposeofCultureTeaching

Themodernsocietyacceleratesthecirculationofmaterialandculturalproducts.Itbringsallthenationsintoaglobalvillageanditmakescross-culturalcommunicationanindispensablepartinallnations’life.However,theculturaldifferencesarethebarriersincross-culturalcommunication.Sotheworldisconcernedonhowtoremovethebarriersincross-culturalcommunication.Languageandculturearecloselyrelated,eachinfluencingandshapingtheother.Inlearninglanguageknowledge,toacquaintoneselfwiththeknowledgeofcultureisthekeypoint.Onecanhardlylearnalanguagewellwithoutknowingtheculturalpatternandrulesofthetargetlanguage.ItisnecessarytoincorporatecultureintotheEnglishclassroom，Inordertofosterthestudents’abilitiesincross-culturalcommunication.

2.TheContentofCultureTeaching

Thecontentofcultureteachingisusuallyincludedtwoaspects,cultureknowledgeandcultureunderstanding.Lackingeitherofthem,learnersofdifferentculturallevelsmaymisunderstandthemeaningandproducesomepragmaticerrors.And,itiscultureawarenessthatlinksthetwoaspects.Theformeristoacquireculturalinformationoftargetlanguage,thelatter,toknowandaccepttheotherculture,tobehaveappropriatelyintheotherculturalenvironmentwithitsculturalknowledge.Itmakeslearnerstobeawareoftheirunderstandingandknowledgeofculturaldifferencestodiscussproblemstheymeetduringtheirlearningandfinallytoimprovecross-culturalcommunicationcompetence.

1）Compliments

ThecomplimentisusedwidelyinvariouskindofAmericansocietyandplaysaveryimportantrole.Peoplecanencouragetheaction,whichsuittheirmindthroughpraisingandcomplimenting.InAmericanschool,teacheralwaysencouragestudentsbypr