跨文化交际与语言学习

Cross-cultural Communication and Language Learning

文化人类学认为,文化具有经由社会习得、为民族所共有、象征性和整体性的本质特征。文化的创造离不开语言,语言是文化的载体。语言的学习,是文化的学习与渗透。因此,学习第二语言,掌握第二文化,必须同步并进,将语言置于其文化背景下,有助于开阔视野,获得较为全面的知识,从容地跨越文化交际的沟壑。

Cultural anthropology holds that culture possesses the emblematic and whole essential characteristics which are shared by peoples and passed down by social acquisition. Cultural creation cannot get away from language, for the latter serves as the carrier of culture. And language learning means cultural study and penetration. Therefore, the learning of the second language must proceed simultaneously with the understanding of its culture, i.e. setting language against its cultural background, which contributes to widening horizon, acquiring comparatively comprehensive knowledge, so as to span the gap of cultural communication leisurely.