《跨文化交际》课教学模式的实践和思考

Course of intercultural communication一a new cultural model in practice

在对外汉语教学领域,文化教学一直采用两种模式,一是在语言课之外,附加专门的文化知识课,一种是在语言课中加入文化因素的教学,这两种模式各有特色,也存在着一些不足。在新的世纪里,一种新的语言文化教学的模式正在兴起,这种模式以培养学习者的跨文化能力为主要目标,以主观文化和行为文化为主要内容,以学生中心、任务为本为原则,《跨文化交际》课程正是这种新的文化教学模式的实践。本文将分析对外汉语教学领域文化教学的现状,并以《跨文化交际》课程为例,探讨新的语言文化教学模式在目标、内容、方法等方面的特点。

Traditionally, cultural teaching in the field of teaching Chinese as a foreign language could be divided into two approaches. The first approach focused on Chinese cultural achievements and factswhile the second approach integrated cultural element teaching within language teaching but tack ofsystematic treatment of the culture as a whole. A new cultural model started in last decade andbecome more popular in the 21st century. This approach, aimed at developing interculturalcompetence, concentrates on the system of values and behavior patterns of both target and nativecountries. The process-oriented and problem solving strategies are widely used. The course ofintercultural communication is just a practice of this new cultural teaching theory. The article willevaluate the first two models and discuss the new model in terms of objective, content and method.