The Importance of Cultural Background Knowledge in College English Teaching

In recent years,with the development of reform and open policy as well as the frequent foreign exchange,especially the enhancement of social informalization and the widespread of Internet,more and more people are involved in Intercultural communication.Change and requirement of the new age make more and more English teachers,especially the college English teachers,come to realize the important role of culture in English teaching.College English teaching should not merely limit in the language teaching and cultivating students' intercultural communication competence is more important.To know the cultural background knowledge is a significant aspect of cross-cultural communication and also an important aim of college English teaching.It requires college English teachers put cultural education on a significant position and combine the language teaching and culture teaching together,so as to cultivate students' language competence in intercultural communication.

Cultural Background Knowledge and English Teaching

Culture background knowledge in English teaching arose in eighties of the twentieth century. It has been closely linked with the reformation and open in China. With the increase of exchange between China and English speaking countries resulting from the reform and opening policy to the outside world, people have come to find that due to the lack of profound knowledge of the culture of the English speaking, "cultural shock"or "cultural conflict" often arises when Chinese people communicate with Westerners, which leads to the realization that the pure-linguistic centered English teaching form cannot meet the demands of the social development any longer. Culture teaching must be introduced into English teaching in order to learn English language well and communicate well.This essay explains the importance of the cultural background knowledge teaching through analyzing the relationship of the language and culture as well as communicating barrier caused by the cultural differences, and it also submits falsifiable suggestions about how to introduce background knowledge into English teaching.

The Application of Cultural Schema Theory in College English Teaching

Schema theory is a very important theory in L2 acquisition and plays a very crucial role in English teaching.Today,many college students feel confused in college English learning.One of the main reasons is that they lack cultural background knowledge.This article gives a brief introduction of cultural schema theory and it mainly studies how to apply cultural schema theory into college English teaching to improve college students' English skills and levels.

Improve Results of English Teaching Through Fostering Students' Cultural Competence

This paper, based on recent overseas and home research findings and the author’s teaching experiences, discusses the close relationship between culture background knowledge and English teaching,analysesthe possible reasons for students’ deficiency of culture background Knowledge,especiallyproposes several practical approaches ofEnglish teachingto helpEnglish teachers developstudents’culture background knowledge so astofoster students’cultural competence and then improve the results of English teaching.

An Analysis of Key Factors Affecting Chinese ESL Students’Listening

With the proposal of Internet-based CET,more emphasis need be attached to listening skill.In order to improve stu dents' listening skill,linguistic knowledge,psychological factors and cultural background knowledge,as three key factors affect ing Chinese ESL students,have been analyzed and the improving solutions have been suggested.

An Empirical Study on Teaching Non-English Major Adult Students Reading with Allusions and Their Stories

Effective English reading requires readers not only possess good English grammar, flexible reading skills and plentiful vocabulary but also master rich cultural background knowledge.However, for the adult students educated in the Continuing Education College, it is rather obvious that they have troubles learning English The author of this thesis pro-posed a new idea of English reading teaching-teaching with allusions and their stories in English reading class.The author tries to apply the relationship between schema theory and reading in the process of teaching adult students so that they can get a deeper understanding of English allusions and their stories.The author of this thesis did an empirical research and made a quantitative analysis for pretest and posttest.The result of this research indicates that to improve English reading proficiency, either teachers or students should attach equal importance both to language structures and to cultural background knowledge.

赏析“The Dinner Party”一文——论大学英语的文化教学

针对我国大学英语教学长期存在重语法、轻文化,重语言能力、轻交际运用的现象,从新修订的大纲要求提高学生文化素养出发。

浅析影响日语听力理解的因素

本文从语言知识、文化背景、心理因素3个方面,探究影响日语听力理解的主要因素,并结合例句分析这些因素是如何影响听力理解的,从而提出听力教学中应注意的问题,以便为日语教学提供有益的参考与借鉴。

标准英语之争及其对英语教学的启示

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博物馆人类学刍议

博物馆与人类学有渊源关系。博物馆人类学所指涉的基本概念包括"在博物馆中实践的人类学"和"有关博物馆的人类学"两方面。前者指博物馆物品征集(人类学田野工作)、博物馆典藏研究(民族志物品的意义诠释)、博物馆展示与教育(文化的建构与诠释);后者主要关注内容包括社区博物馆的在地化思考、信息时代的博物馆知识建构与文化多样性、博物馆知识生产与非遗保护呈现的文化政治。

试论文化背景知识传播的作用和途径

学习外语不仅要注意它的语言因素 ,同时还要注意它的社会因素 ,因此大学英语教学在传播语言信息的同时 ,更应重视和加强文化信息的传播。本文结合大学英语的教学实际分析了文化背景知识传播的作用和途径以及几点值得注意的问题。

大学英语教学中文化背景知识的导入

语言作为文化的载体,与文化密不可分。大学英语教学旨在培养学生听、说、读、写、译等各方面的综合能力,而在大学英语教学中引入相关的背景知识是必要的,有助于提高学生对英语甚至对西方文化更深层次的理解,提高实际运用英语的能力。

中西方文化差异对学生英语阅读理解的影响

分析了中国学生在阅读英语读物遇到理解障碍的文化因素,说明了英语阅读教学中西方文化知识导入的必要性,提出了帮助学生排除阅读中文化障碍的方法和途径。

英语阅读焦虑研究——来自英语专业学生的调查报告

参照外语阅读焦虑量表,以问卷调查方式,对英语专业学生的阅读焦虑状况进行研究,结果表明英语专业学生的阅读焦虑水平普遍偏高,主要原因在于缺乏必要的文化背景知识、自信心不足及过分注重语言知识等。鉴于此,文章提出了加强文化教学、提高学生自信心及重视语篇教学等策略,以降低学生的阅读焦虑程度,提高阅读效果。

谈阅读理解能力的培养

在第二语言学习中,阅读者英语阅读能力不高,主要原因是平时不注重阅读能力的培养。笔者从培养正确的阅读习惯,掌握阅读技巧,提高语法能力和了解必要的文化背景知识等几个方面探讨了如何培养英语阅读能力。

英语教学与文化背景知识的传授

大学英语学习效果从听说、阅读、翻译三个主要方面来衡量。英语教学不仅仅是对单词的讲解,语法的传授,语言是一种历史、政治、经济、文化科技及日常会话等的载体。因此,一定的政治、经济、文化科技及日常会话等知识一定会在英语的听说、阅读、翻译中有所体现。本文认为文化背景知识不单纯是文化风俗知识,它的含义还包括历史、政治、经济及日常生活。这样,文化背景知识对英语教学来说是密不可分的,它体现在英语教学的各个方面。

文化背景知识在英语词汇教学中的应用

语言深深扎根于文化这块土壤,要想真正掌握一门语言,就应系统了解该语言所属的文化。文章以一次调查为依据,论证英语语言教学中,尤其是英语词汇教学中,导入文化背景知识的重要性。由于东西方文化差异较大,同一词汇在不同文化中的内涵可能大相径庭,所以在英语语言教学中引入相关文化背景知识对于学生真正掌握英语有很大帮助。

大学英语快速阅读教学浅析

阅读理解是语言文字的学习和使用过程,也是读者就已有的情景知识和相关知识的运用和处理过程。大学英语阅读教学应使用现代阅读理论,激发学生的阅读兴趣,培养学生的基本语言知识能力;强化文化背景知识;培养语篇知识、推断和预测能力,以达到最佳阅读效果。搞好大学英语快速阅读教学,培养和训练学生的快速阅读能力,成为大学英语教学中不容忽视的重要内容。