A Study on Cross-cultural Barriers in Reading of English英语专业论文

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1、AStudyonCross-culturalBarriersinReadingofEnglish　　Abstract：Thispaper，fromtheperspectiveofcross-culturalcommunication，istryingtoanalyzetheroleofculturalknowledgeinreadingcomprehension，andtogeneralizethecomprehensionbarriersChinesestudentsmeetinthecompreh

2、ensionprocessofEnglishreadingandexplaintherelationshipbetweenthebarriersandlanguage.Thepaperthenanalyzestheinternalcausesofthebarriers.Andlastly，itbringsforthapproachesandmethodsforeliminatingthebarriers.　　Keywords：Cross-culturalBarriers，cross-culturalc

3、ommunication，Englishreading.　　　　I.Introduction　　Decodingandcomprehensionarethetwomaintasksforreading：InEnglishlearning，theelements，whichinfluencethereadingarelinguisticknowledge，culturalbackgroundknowledge，languageskills，andintelligentelements（theabilit

4、iesofthoughtsuchasmotivation，purpose，emotionandcontrol）.Masteringlinguisticknowledgeofphonetics，vocabularyandgrammarishelpfultodecodethewordsymbols.However，intheprocessofreading，manyChinesestudentsalreadypossesstheaboveknowledge，buttheystillcannotcompre

5、hendthetextscompletely，sounderstandingtheculturalcontentofwhatonereadsisacrucialfactorinreadingcomprehension.Becauselanguageisthecarrierofculture，people'swordsanddeedsreflectcertainculturalconnotationconsciouslyorunconsciously.Everysocialcommunicationpo

6、ssessesitsowncertainthoughtpattern，value，custom，andwayoflife.For“Theinfluenceofbackgroundtocomprehensionislargerthanlanguageknowledge.”（Ma，1995）.Manystudiesindicatethatwithoutsufficientbackgroundknowledgeofsocialculture，thereaderscannotcomprehendthedeep

7、meaningoftexts.Thispaperwillexaminethecross-culturaldifficultiesintheprocessofEnglishreadinginthreeaspects：whatthemaindifficultiesareinreading，whythesedifficultiesexistandhowtoreduceandeliminatethemtoachievetheexactcomprehension.　　II.TheRoleofCulturalKn

8、owledgeinReadingComprehension　　AlongwiththedevelopmentofAppliedLinguisticsandPsycholinguistics，theAmericanscholar，Goodman（1982）negatedthetraditionalreadingtheoryandposeda“psycholinguisticreadingmodel”，whichconsidersthatreadingisn