浅谈外语教学中跨文化交流的重要性

Discussion on Importance of Cultural Intercommunicationin Foreign Language Teaching

人类学习知识的目的大约有 2个方面 :一是学习知识本身 ;二是学会运用所学的知识。文化和语言有密切的联系 ,一定的文化背景知识有助于促进语言应用能力的提高 ,对可理解性输入起着推动作用。然而理解语言必须了解文化 ,理解文化必须了解语言。因此 ,本文试举几个例子 ,就教学中跨文化交流的重要性做一阐述 ,目的在于有意识地培养学生跨文化交流的意识和能力 ,以免发生文化休克 ,不利于交流。

There are two aspects about the purpose of learning knowledge for human beings. One is to learn the knowledge itself, the other is to make good use of the knowledge that we have learned. The culture is closely related to the language. To learn some cultural information may help to improve our ability to use the language, because understanding the culture gives an impetus to the intelligibility input. To understand the language well, we must learn about the culture. To understand the culture well, we must learn the language. Therefore, this article illustrates the point by means of some examples.