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1、CultureandLanguageLearningandTeachingToimproveteaching,onehastopayattentionto1,Whattoteachand2,Howtoteach.Whatdoweteach?OfcourseitistheEnglishlanguage.Butlanguageispartofcultureandreflectsthecultureofthepeoplethatusethelanguage.cultureshock(theissueofrespectingtheelderly,oftreatingwomeninpub
2、lic,ofbodyspace,aChineseNooraWesternNo…)WHATISCULTURECulturereferstotheentirewayoflifeofasociety,“thewaysofapeople”.Cultureconsistsofallthesharedproductsofhumansociety.Thismeansnotonlymaterialthings,butalsonon-materialthingssuchasideas,customs,familypatterns,languages,etc.Languageispartofcul
3、tureandplaysaveryimportantpartinit.Languageisinfluencedandshapedbyculture.Itreflectsculture.Thetwointeract,understandingofonerequiresunderstandingoftheother.Eachcultureisunique.Learningalanguageisinseparablefromlearningitsculture.LookingattheRelationshipbetweenCultureandLanguagefrom7AspectsW
4、ordsEverydayconversationIdioms,proverbsandsayingsMetaphorsAllusionsTaboosandeuphemismsFormalandinformallanguageA.WordsCanwerelyonbilingualdictionariestogiveusexactequivalentsinmeaningonwords?Aterminonelanguagedoesnothaveacounterpartinanotherlanguage.Termsinbothlanguagesmayappeartorefertothes
5、ameobjectorconcept,butwhichactuallyrefertoquitedifferentthings.Finerdistinctionsofthingsorconceptsexistinonelanguagebutnotintheother.Termsthathavemoreorlessthesameprimarymeaning,butmayhaveadditionalmeaningsthatareculturallydifferent.1Nocounterpart节气,雨水,惊蛰,清明solarterms,rainwater,wakingofinsec
6、ts,pureandbrightnesswithoutfurtherexplanation,thesetermsmeanlittleornothingtoaverageEnglishspeakingpeopleBut春分,秋分,夏至,冬至(SpringEquinox,SummerSolstice)Revivalmeeting:apublicreligiousmeetingwithmusic,famousspeakers,etc.,intendingtomakepeopleinterestedinChristianity.2Appearthesamebutactuallydiff
7、erentShoesforstreet-walking.Comeinandhaveafit.toeatone’sownwordstogetakickoutofitpoliticalcampaigntomakeone’shairstandonendpublicschool(inBritain)busboy,cowboybusybodyWearcottonclothesandeatvegetablefood/plainclothesandsimplefare3Finerdistinctionsi