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1、OnTeachingCultureinMiddleSchoolEnglishClassroomsAbstract:Theteachingofcultureisanindispensablepartofforeignlanguageteaching.ThisthesisexplorestheteachingofcultureinthemiddleschoolEnglishclassroom.Itwillbedemonstratedthatteachingaforeignlanguageinmiddleschoolisnotjustt

2、ogiveahomilyonsyntacticstructuresorlearningnewvocabularyandexpressions,butmainlyincorporates,orshouldincorporate,someculturalelements,whichareintertwinedwithlanguageitself.Specifically,someconsiderationwillbegiventotherelationshipbetweencultureandmiddleschoolforeignla

3、nguageteachingandprinciplesofteachingculture.Furthermore,anattemptwillbemadetoincorporatecultureintotheclassroombymeansofconsideringsometechniquesandmethodscurrentlyused.Themainpremiseofthepaperisthateffectivecommunicationismorethanamatteroflanguageproficiency.Andapar

4、tfromenhancingandenrichingcommunicativecompetence,culturalcompetencecanalsoleadtostudents’understandingandrespecttowarddifferentculture.Keywords:culture;Englishteaching;cross-culturalcommunication;cultureawareness1.Introduction1.1ResearchpurposeThemodernsocietyacceler

5、atesthecirculationofmaterialandculturalproducts.Itbringsallthenationsintoaglobalvillageanditmakescross-culturalcommunicationanindispensablepartinallnations’life.However,theculturaldifferencesarethebarriersincross-culturalcommunication.Sotheworldisconcernedonhowtoremov

6、ethebarriersincross-culturalcommunication.Languageandculturearecloselyrelated,eachinfluencingandshapingtheother.Inlearninglanguageknowledge,toacquaintoneselfwiththeknowledgeofcultureisthekeypoint.Onecanhardlylearnalanguagewellwithoutknowingtheculturalpatternandrulesof

7、thetargetlanguage.Tofosterthestudents’abilitiesincross-culturalcommunication,itisnecessarytoincorporatecultureintotheEnglishclassroom.Theroleofculturallearningandteachingintheforeignlanguageclassroomhasbeentheconcernofmanyteachersandscholarsandhassparkedconsiderableco

8、ntroversy.ThispaperisconcernedwiththestatusandobjectivesofteachingcultureinmiddleschoolEnglishclassroom.Morespecifically,ite