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1、 浅谈文化教学 XXX 摘要:语言,作为文化的主旨,与文化密切相关。学习一种语言不能与其文化相分离。而在高中教学中传统的教学模式常常会忽视文化教学的内容。本论文将会介绍文化教学的定义,文化教学的原则,以及文化与语言,文化教学与语言教学的关系等。并通过分析现阶段高中英语文化教学中所存在的问题提出一些可行性的解决方案和建议,从而更好的促进文化教学在高中教学的应用。 关键词:文化教学 高中英语 英语教学 ContentsIntroduction1I. Importance of Culture Teaching31.1 The definition of Culture.31.2 The relat
2、ionship between Language and Culture41.3 culture teaching and language teaching5 The situation of Culture Teaching in the senior high school62.1 The requirement of Chinese foreign language teaching syllabus62.2 The misconception of English culture teaching72.3 Limitation of English Teaching method82
3、.4 Incompetence of English teachers9III Strengthening Culture Teaching in Senior English Teaching and Learning113.1 The methods of Culture Teaching113.1.1 Direct lead-in113.1.2 Role-play113.1.3 Duty speech113.1.4 Discussion123.1.5 Applying the mass-media123.1.6 Extra tasks123.2 The principles of Cul
4、ture Teaching133.2.1. Principle of communication133.2.2. Principle of cultural background143.3.3. Principle of Moderation143.3 Strategies of Culture Teaching at leisure time153.3.1 Extensive Reading153.3.2 Watching movies163.3.3 Using the Internet16Conclusion18References20 Introduction Language, as
5、the keystone of culture, is closely connected with it. Learning language cannot be separated from learning its culture. When learning a foreign language, we should not only learn the pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar , but also learn to understand the world as the native speakers do. In other words
6、, we should try to learn the ways in which the foreign language reflects the values, ideas and behaviors, furthermore, to learn their language in mind. Therefore, we need to know the cultural background as much as possible so that we can get a successful communication in a target language. Otherwise
7、, the ignorance of cultural difference may create barriers, even some unnecessary misunderstanding .In China, most of the teachers in senior high school deem that pass the university entrance examination is the goal of English Teaching. So that they fellow the traditional methods, which only focus o
8、n grammar teaching, but ignore the Culture Teaching. As a result, the learners recite the words in the book but lack communicative competence.What s more, after several years English learning, they still cannot speak out free and proper communication in English.Because of the problems above, experts
9、 from abroad brought the audio-lingual method and the communicative method, to Chinese classes, but it was not as satisfied as they had expected. They got two reasons: firstly ,because of the mother tongue, when students have difficulties in English they would always like to use it. And the great di
10、fferent cultural gap between text books and their daily life is so hard for them to put what they have learnt into the real practice; Secondly, the influence of traditional teaching ways and the pressure of many kinds of tests and examinations can not arouse students interest and promote their motiv
11、ation. And then we can not achieve the purpose of language learning: communication. In all, Culture Teaching plays an important role in senior English teaching and students will benefit a lot from it. . I. Importance of Culture Teaching1.1 The definition of Culture Simply put, culture is a system of
12、 meaning. (Linen davis ,1999)As we have seen, culture is complex. There are many definitions of culture. Different scholars from different fields percept culture differently. Up to now, there are no well-defined definitions of culture. According to Kroeber and K1uckJohns statistical work, there are
13、more than 150 definitions. Here are only some representative and popular ones:Edward B. Tylor, a nineteenth-century English anthropologist, gives a first definition of culture in his Primitive Culture culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, art, laws, customs, and other capa
14、cities and habits acquired by man as a member of society. Even now, the conception of culture has been considered as one of the most classic and precise definitions, which covers most of ways of life of a society. From then on, many definitions of culture have been put forward and tried to make it m
15、ore comprehensive.Culture may be defined as what a society does and thinks. (Sapir, 1921) Culture is mans medium; there is no aspect in human life that is not touched and altered by culture. This means personality, how people express themselves including shows of emotion, the way they think, how the
16、y move, how problems are solved, how their cities are planned and laid out, how transportation systems function and are organized, as well as how economic and government systems are put together and function.(Edward T. Hall, 1959).Culture is seen to involve patterns of everyday life that enable indi
17、viduals to relate totheir place under the sun. (Seelye, 1981:3)Culture is far more than a mere catalogue of rituals and beliefs. (Rosaldo, 1984) Sheexplains that cultural models derive from the world in which people live and the reality that they construct. All above ideas termed culture differently
18、. But put their ideas together, we could get the conception of culture from three level: material culture, social culture and ideological culture. 1.2 The relationship between Language and Culturelanguage and culture are inseparable and influence eacher. Language is important carrier of culture and
19、originates from culture. Culture is a complex concept that includes language. On the one hand, language is the keystone of culture .First, language is part of culture. Language is created by human and it indicate the difference between mankind and animal. A man with the capability of language must l
20、ive in a language environment. Only in this case,he can acquire the language. To master a language, one must live in the cultural environment, and make effort to learn the culture. Second, language can record culture and promote the development of culture. Without language, they maintain culture cou
21、ld be impossible. On the other hand, culture is the base of language. The American humanist Spair explained his opinions in On Culture that language owns its base. (Spair145) In other words, groups of people coming from one or several ethnic groups speak the same language. Thus this language can pas
22、s down from generation to generation. And meanwhile, it is also the reflection of the whole culture of their life and customs.In sum, culture is related to language and vice versa. Culture and language are inseparable to each other, and the understanding of one requires the understanding of the othe
23、r.1.3 culture teaching and language teachingThe relationship between culture and language is inseparable. It leads to language teaching and culture teaching closely connected. Culture is highly significant in foreign language teaching and learning. Politzer (1959) states view as this: if we teach la
24、nguage without teaching at the same time the culture in which it operates, we are teaching meaningless symbols or symbols to which the student attaches the wrong meaning.; similarly, Byram (1989) holds that culture learning and language learning can not take place independent of each other. Generall
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