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1、OntheCultureDifferenceinEnglishTeaching1.IntroductionWiththedevelopmentofmodernization,theworlditselfisbecominga“globalvillage”.OpportunitiesforChinesetocontactwithwesternersaregrowing.Duetothedifferencesingeography,developmentlevel,differentcountriesandnational
2、itiespossessdifferentcultures,histories,customsandreligion,misunderstandingsoftenoccurinEnglishteaching.Thesamewordsorexpressionsmaynotmeanthesamethingtothepeoplewithdifferentcultures.Becauseofculturaldifferences,aseriousquestionmaycauseamusementorlaughter;aharm
3、lessstatementmaycausedispleasureoranger.Becauseofculturaldifferences,jokesbyaforeignspeakermaybereceivedwithblankfacesandstonysilence.Yetthesamestoriesinthespeaker’sowncountrywouldleaveaudiencesholdingtheirsideswithlaughter.ProfessorDengYanchangoncesaid“…Infact,
4、thelearningofalanguageisinseparablefromthelearningofitsculture.”However,afterseveralyearsofEnglishstudy,evencollegestudentsstillfindithardtocommunicatewithEnglishnativespeakers.It’snotthattheydon’thavethecommandofthelanguageforms,butthattheylacktheknowledgeofthe
5、targetculture.SoEnglishteachersshouldhelpstudentsacknowledgetheculturebackgroundinteaching.teachingshouldfocusonculturestudyandlearntheskillsofcommunication.2.RelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureWhatistherelationshipbetweenlanguageandculture?Whatroledoesculture
6、playwithlanguage?Inanycultureorregion,languageismuchmorethansemantics,muchmorethanwhatthewrittenpageorthespokenwordcancontain.Thisespeciallybecomesclearwhenstudyingaforeignlanguageandlearningthewaysofaparticularculture.Forexample,theuseofintroductions,salutation
7、s,everydaysayings,etc.Thisareainparticulargivesmoreweighttoculturethentothewordsthemselves.Anyonestudyingaforeignlanguagehastobebiculturalaswellasbilingualtospeakthenewlanguageinawaythatitisnotdisparagingtothecultureanditsorigin.Languagedoesnotendatthemeaningort
8、heuseofwordsassociatedtoaculture"wordsrepresentbeliefs,history,andthecultureoftheiroriginandtheymustbeusedaccordingly.Asweallknow,languageiscloselyrelatedtocultureand
