融入跨文化能力培养的中国文化英语教学策略研究——以文化表演为例

Integrating Intercultural Competence into Teaching of Chinese Culture in English——Acting Out as One Strategy

随着全球化的发展和社会的需要,培养学习者的跨文化能力已无可争议地成为外语教学的最终目标。对于高校英语教学来说,经过教师们多年的探索和实践,学生们对英语国家社会与文化的了解不断深入,然而对于中国文化的了解和英文表达能力却相对有限,影响了跨文化能力的培养。本研究探索如何在中国文化英语课程教学中,有机融入跨文化能力培养,以文化表演这一策略的实践为例,通过具体的活动设计,促进学生能较为流利地用英语有效输出母语文化的事物、现象和价值观,促成英语教学最终目标的实现。

Developing learners＇ intercultural competence has undoubtedly become the goal of foreign language teaching intoday＇s globalized world. In the case of EFL teaching in China, due to years of efforts, college students have learned a lot aboutsociety and culture of major English-speaking countries but are not fluent in expressing Chinese culture in English, making itdifficult to achieve the intercultural goal. Based on the author＇s experience in offering the course ＂Chinese Culture in English＂,this study explores using acting out as one of the strategies to carry out culture teaching. The general purpose is to enhancestudents＇ English proficiency in expressing and publicizing Chinese culture, thus cultivating their intercultural competence andhelping to realize the intercultural goat.