英语教学中的文化教学

On Culture Introduction in English Teaching

语言和文化密切相关,外语教学不可避免地要涉及到文化环境。英语学习离不开对英语国家文化的学习与理解。由于学习英语的目的是交际,英语学习也就自然地涉及到不同的文化之间的交际,这是一种跨文化的交际。因此,在英语教学中要注意语言和文化的关系,提高对中西文化差异的敏感性和适应性,从而提高学生跨文化交际的能力。

Nowadays, English is widely spoken all over the world, communicative function in English is becoming more and more impor- tant. Culture introduction plays an important role in English teaching. Language is the media of communication. Language and culture have close relationship and FLT is unavoidably involved in culture introduction. Because the aim of English learning is to communicate, English learning is naturally related to communication among different cultures. Therefore, in English teaching we should pay attention to the relation between language and culture, and then enhance our competence of culture communication.