摘要
This paper presents the essential role of culture in the creation of meaning of language-in-use, showing it to be the source of both the contextual shaping of a particular text and the fundamentalcore of beliefs and values from which contemporary contextual features derive. As a result of thisessential relationship, it is argued, modern language learners need to master the cultural system as wellas the linguistic system of their new language if they are to be able to use it competently in real life, asmost intend today. Samples of texts are examined to show how the meanings of both context and coreculture are naturally embedded in ordinary language and suggestions are provided for how these might besuccessfully brought to students' attention and mastery in a classroom.
This paper presents the essential role of culture in the creation of meaning of language-in- use, showing it to be the source of both the contextual shaping of a particular text and the fundamental core of beliefs and values from which contemporary contextual features derive. As a result of this essential relationship, it is argued, modern language learners need to master the cultural system as well as the linguistic system of their new language if they are to be able to use it competently in real life, as most intend today. Samples of texts are examined to show how the meanings of both context and core culture are naturally embedded in ordinary language and suggestions are provided for how these might be successfully brought to students' attention and mastery in a classroom.
出处
《国外外语教学》
2002年第4期48-55,共8页
Foreign Language Teaching
