摘要
It is generally acknowledged that English plays the important role of a cultural mediator in the trend of globalization.For many Chinese college students,the systematic study of English at schools provides them with an opportunity to gain access to the Western ideology that is often associated with the language.How and to what degree does the learning of English affect young people's values and attitudes toward life? In what way does it help to(re)shape young people's modern identity? How do young people perceive themselves and the world in which they live? A careful study on these questions will be conducted on the basis of a questionnaire distributed to 400-odd college students at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies(English majors and non-English majors inclusive).It is hoped to find out how the Chinese youth react to cultural globalization and how Englishization affects the lives of Chinese college students.
英语语言在全球化语境下扮演着重要的文化中介作用。对许多中国大学生而言,在校期间系统的英语学习为他们提供了多方面接触西方文化观念的渠道。英语学习在多大程度上影响了当代大学生的生活态度和价值观念?这些影响如何塑造和再造了他们的现代文化身份?此项研究基于对400名广东外语外贸大学在读英语与非英语专业学生的问卷调查,尝试探讨文化全球化与英语化对当代中国大学生文化观念的影响程度。
