The inseparable relationship between language and culture indicates that culture teaching is indispensable in English teaching.The ultimate goal of culture teaching in English teaching is to cultivate learners’cross-...The inseparable relationship between language and culture indicates that culture teaching is indispensable in English teaching.The ultimate goal of culture teaching in English teaching is to cultivate learners’cross-cultural communication skills.Cross-cultural communication is a two-way process,which requires not only knowledge of English culture but also the use of English as a medium for disseminating Chinese culture to the outside world.However,in actual English teaching,the teaching of Chinese culture is a mere formality,and the teaching effect is not obvious.Therefore,it is necessary to conduct a survey and research on Chinese culture teaching in high school English classrooms to understand its current situation,existing problems,and their causes,so as to provide suggestions for Chinese culture teaching in high school.展开更多
Language and culture are closely related,and understanding the cultural knowledge embedded in the process of language learning is an important goal of English teaching in colleges and universities.At present,the disse...Language and culture are closely related,and understanding the cultural knowledge embedded in the process of language learning is an important goal of English teaching in colleges and universities.At present,the dissemination of Chinese culture in English teaching in colleges and universities is lacking,which affects the improvement of students’intercultural communication skills.In order to effectively solve such problems,we need to take effective measures to disseminate Chinese culture by combining teaching content and students’characteristics.This paper summarizes the problems of Chinese culture dissemination in English teaching in colleges and universities,and explores effective countermeasures and teaching considerations,hoping to provide teachers with valuable guidelines.展开更多
In the 21st century, with gradually accelerating process of globalization, international exchanges are increasingly frequent. We should understand that within the range of the same cultural context, people have little...In the 21st century, with gradually accelerating process of globalization, international exchanges are increasingly frequent. We should understand that within the range of the same cultural context, people have little difficulties in communicating with others; however, if we use the same way to treat the one who is under other cultural backgrounds, they tend to have misunderstanding or confliction, affecting the interaction and communication and causing undue loss. Business English translation is communication process and tools held between people speaking different languages to conduct commercial communication. Culture is a factor in translation that cannot be ignored, different nations have different historical backgrounds, manners, customs, cultural traditions, therefore, business English translation must understand the cultural differences between China and the West, and tried to make these differences disappear in the interpretation process and find the exact words in the target language, so exotic cultural can represented in the target language.展开更多
With the development and reform of China’s education,it is important for college English teachers to introduce western culture in the daily teaching process,and to improve the humanistic quality of college students.T...With the development and reform of China’s education,it is important for college English teachers to introduce western culture in the daily teaching process,and to improve the humanistic quality of college students.This paper discusses the significance of introducing western culture,and puts forward some countermeasures based on teaching experience,in order to provide some references for the application of the introduction of western culture in college English teaching.展开更多
As China’s association with the outside world is increaing, young people today are more and more exposed to popular culture which comes from the wert, popular culture has become part of their daily lives. In this art...As China’s association with the outside world is increaing, young people today are more and more exposed to popular culture which comes from the wert, popular culture has become part of their daily lives. In this article, l’ll look into the elements of poprlar culture and the are of populan culture in English teaching and learning.展开更多
The quality of English teaching is related to many factors such as materials, techniques, linguistic elements and external environment. However, in this paper the author points out that the internal and recessive envi...The quality of English teaching is related to many factors such as materials, techniques, linguistic elements and external environment. However, in this paper the author points out that the internal and recessive environment of the classroom is an important factor affecting English teaching. The paper begins with a brief introduction, followed by definitions of culture, organizational culture and classroom culture which are closely associated with the internal and recessive environment of the classroom. Then, the author offers their views concerning how to create ideal classroom culture. Finally, a conclusion is given.展开更多
The paper firstly describes the present woeful actuality that more and more college graduates who can speak English fluently are lack of some good characters of traditional Chinese virtue.This is mainly due to too muc...The paper firstly describes the present woeful actuality that more and more college graduates who can speak English fluently are lack of some good characters of traditional Chinese virtue.This is mainly due to too much highlighting the skills of language and western customs but ignoring or rejecting the essence of Confucian culture in the college English teaching.Then the author continues to state that it's our college English teaching that influences the students' value most,basing the argument on analyzing the goals of college English teaching,the content of English teaching materials and the proportion of the English classes in the period of four years of university.In the last part,the paper gives some advice in inheriting Confucian culture in college English teaching procedures.展开更多
With the realization of globalization, intercultural communication has grown in significance. However, someChinese scholars in foreign language education field have noticed a disappointing phenomenon--Chinese culturea...With the realization of globalization, intercultural communication has grown in significance. However, someChinese scholars in foreign language education field have noticed a disappointing phenomenon--Chinese cultureaphasia during intercultural communication. This paper will discuss the relationship between culture and languageand reveal that it is important to introduce Chinese culture to the outside world so as to have effective andharmonious communication. Based on this theoretical framework, this thesis analyzes the phenomenon of theChinese culture aphasia in current college English teaching and proposes solutions to the problem.展开更多
It is commonly believed that Imaguage serves as the carrier of culture and one part of it. And language teaching is inseparable from cultural knowledge impartment. So, teachers should attach great importance to cultur...It is commonly believed that Imaguage serves as the carrier of culture and one part of it. And language teaching is inseparable from cultural knowledge impartment. So, teachers should attach great importance to cultural background when teaching English language. Unfortunately, aphasia of Chinese culture occurs when they value Western culture and ignore the infiltration of Chinese culture. Under such circumstances, this paper demonstrates the importance of implanting Chinese culture into college English teaching and proposes corresponding measures for Chinese cultural implantation展开更多
In English teaching,culture introduction is necessary.It needs effective teaching method to avoid bias in English teaching and to improve students' English learning ability.It is good for the integration of theory...In English teaching,culture introduction is necessary.It needs effective teaching method to avoid bias in English teaching and to improve students' English learning ability.It is good for the integration of theory and practice,which can really make the students grasp English flexibly.展开更多
198 non-English freshmen students from Shandong Yingcai College were selected as research subjects.The subjects were divided into the experimental group(EG) and the control group(CG).The students in EG were taught Eng...198 non-English freshmen students from Shandong Yingcai College were selected as research subjects.The subjects were divided into the experimental group(EG) and the control group(CG).The students in EG were taught English integrated Chinese traditional culture for three semesters,while the ones in CG were taught as usual.The results indicate that the integration of Chinese culture broadens the students' horizons and improves the students' ability to express Chinese culture in English and intercultural communicative competence.展开更多
As one of the most distinguished features of Chinese Culture,collective oriented culture is the deep structure of Chinese cultural psychology which has shaped Chinese character and influenced their behavior.As a resul...As one of the most distinguished features of Chinese Culture,collective oriented culture is the deep structure of Chinese cultural psychology which has shaped Chinese character and influenced their behavior.As a result of it,Chinese students suffer this negative effect from collective orientated culture when acquiring English,especially in oral English acquisition.TEFL teachers should be aware of cultural psychology and try their best to minimize its negative effect instead of neglecting or even enlarging it during oral English teaching.展开更多
Further strengthening the integration of traditional culture and college English teaching has a great impact on the cultivation of students’comprehensive moral literacy and values.At the same time,the ingenious integ...Further strengthening the integration of traditional culture and college English teaching has a great impact on the cultivation of students’comprehensive moral literacy and values.At the same time,the ingenious integration of tea culture into college English teaching not only helps to enhance students’cultural self-confidence,but also helps to effectively carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture.Therefore,according to the tea culture,this paper describes in detail the practical significance of integrating tea culture into college English education,and then puts forward that tea culture has become an effective way of college English teaching,hoping to bring the students’English learning ability to a certain extent.At the same time,it can further promote and develop China’s tea culture.展开更多
In daily communication, language differences significantly reflect the nature of cultural difference. To improve students' ability of cross-cultural communication, teachers are not only supposed to make students m...In daily communication, language differences significantly reflect the nature of cultural difference. To improve students' ability of cross-cultural communication, teachers are not only supposed to make students master language itself, but also should help them to understand cultural differences between their mother language and English.展开更多
There is a natural relationship between culture and language.Language reflects how the people of a nation form the unique way of life and the way of thinking.Therefore,English teaching necessarily involves cultural ed...There is a natural relationship between culture and language.Language reflects how the people of a nation form the unique way of life and the way of thinking.Therefore,English teaching necessarily involves cultural education as well.This paper analyzes the influence of social culture in English teaching and tries to set up a principle of teaching English culture.展开更多
Language is not only part of culture,but also the carrier.The relationship between them decides the important role of culture teaching in language teaching.However,some problems still exist in college English teaching...Language is not only part of culture,but also the carrier.The relationship between them decides the important role of culture teaching in language teaching.However,some problems still exist in college English teaching.For example,classroom English teaching time is not enough for culture teaching;English learners'native language thinking has negative transfer in the target language learning,etc..In order to solve these problems,this paper tends to discuss whether English teaching should put an emphasis on Big-C Culture or Little-c Culture.展开更多
Culture teaching is an important part of college English teaching. But the current culture teaching emphasized on the culture of target language and overlooked the Chinese culture. This thesis analyses this phenomenon...Culture teaching is an important part of college English teaching. But the current culture teaching emphasized on the culture of target language and overlooked the Chinese culture. This thesis analyses this phenomenon and put forward several suggestions concerning the syllabus, course setting, textbooks edit and teaching method to change this phenomenon.展开更多
The relation of language to culture is a relation of part to whole. Language is the primary means by which a culture transmits its beliefs,values and norms. There exists great difference between Western culture and Ch...The relation of language to culture is a relation of part to whole. Language is the primary means by which a culture transmits its beliefs,values and norms. There exists great difference between Western culture and Chinese culture indeed. For example,the etiquette is one of the most conspicuous differences between them. In a general sense,there is different etiquette due to the factors like geographical position,human race difference,religion. This paper demonstrates the different etiquette culture between Western countries and China from greeting,gratitude,compliments and farewell to guide oral English teaching so that students could cross the barrier on etiquette culture when they communicate with English speakers. The aim of this paper is to arise the attention on etiquette of different cultures for English teachers and combine it with oral English teaching.展开更多
Though English vocabulary learning plays an important role in initial English learning,vocabulary learning is apt to make pupils feel bored.By introducing to pupils the cultural background related to their learned wor...Though English vocabulary learning plays an important role in initial English learning,vocabulary learning is apt to make pupils feel bored.By introducing to pupils the cultural background related to their learned words,teachers can effectively increase their interest in vocabulary learning and enhance their efficiency of learning words.In primary school English teaching,teachers should combine cultural background with lexical knowledge,thus making culture introduction become an important part of English teaching,cultivating pupils’cultural awareness and sensitivity.Using culture introduction in English vocabulary teaching is conducive to vocabulary teaching and learning in primary school.The paper,based on constructivism and cross-cultural communication,analyzes problems existing in English vocabulary teaching in primary school,and puts forward appropriate countermeasures by using questionnaire,documentary analysis,classroom experience,observation method and interview method with a view to improving the current situation of English vocabulary teaching and improving English vocabulary teaching and learning in primary schools.展开更多
文摘The inseparable relationship between language and culture indicates that culture teaching is indispensable in English teaching.The ultimate goal of culture teaching in English teaching is to cultivate learners’cross-cultural communication skills.Cross-cultural communication is a two-way process,which requires not only knowledge of English culture but also the use of English as a medium for disseminating Chinese culture to the outside world.However,in actual English teaching,the teaching of Chinese culture is a mere formality,and the teaching effect is not obvious.Therefore,it is necessary to conduct a survey and research on Chinese culture teaching in high school English classrooms to understand its current situation,existing problems,and their causes,so as to provide suggestions for Chinese culture teaching in high school.
文摘Language and culture are closely related,and understanding the cultural knowledge embedded in the process of language learning is an important goal of English teaching in colleges and universities.At present,the dissemination of Chinese culture in English teaching in colleges and universities is lacking,which affects the improvement of students’intercultural communication skills.In order to effectively solve such problems,we need to take effective measures to disseminate Chinese culture by combining teaching content and students’characteristics.This paper summarizes the problems of Chinese culture dissemination in English teaching in colleges and universities,and explores effective countermeasures and teaching considerations,hoping to provide teachers with valuable guidelines.
文摘In the 21st century, with gradually accelerating process of globalization, international exchanges are increasingly frequent. We should understand that within the range of the same cultural context, people have little difficulties in communicating with others; however, if we use the same way to treat the one who is under other cultural backgrounds, they tend to have misunderstanding or confliction, affecting the interaction and communication and causing undue loss. Business English translation is communication process and tools held between people speaking different languages to conduct commercial communication. Culture is a factor in translation that cannot be ignored, different nations have different historical backgrounds, manners, customs, cultural traditions, therefore, business English translation must understand the cultural differences between China and the West, and tried to make these differences disappear in the interpretation process and find the exact words in the target language, so exotic cultural can represented in the target language.
文摘With the development and reform of China’s education,it is important for college English teachers to introduce western culture in the daily teaching process,and to improve the humanistic quality of college students.This paper discusses the significance of introducing western culture,and puts forward some countermeasures based on teaching experience,in order to provide some references for the application of the introduction of western culture in college English teaching.
文摘As China’s association with the outside world is increaing, young people today are more and more exposed to popular culture which comes from the wert, popular culture has become part of their daily lives. In this article, l’ll look into the elements of poprlar culture and the are of populan culture in English teaching and learning.
文摘The quality of English teaching is related to many factors such as materials, techniques, linguistic elements and external environment. However, in this paper the author points out that the internal and recessive environment of the classroom is an important factor affecting English teaching. The paper begins with a brief introduction, followed by definitions of culture, organizational culture and classroom culture which are closely associated with the internal and recessive environment of the classroom. Then, the author offers their views concerning how to create ideal classroom culture. Finally, a conclusion is given.
文摘The paper firstly describes the present woeful actuality that more and more college graduates who can speak English fluently are lack of some good characters of traditional Chinese virtue.This is mainly due to too much highlighting the skills of language and western customs but ignoring or rejecting the essence of Confucian culture in the college English teaching.Then the author continues to state that it's our college English teaching that influences the students' value most,basing the argument on analyzing the goals of college English teaching,the content of English teaching materials and the proportion of the English classes in the period of four years of university.In the last part,the paper gives some advice in inheriting Confucian culture in college English teaching procedures.
文摘With the realization of globalization, intercultural communication has grown in significance. However, someChinese scholars in foreign language education field have noticed a disappointing phenomenon--Chinese cultureaphasia during intercultural communication. This paper will discuss the relationship between culture and languageand reveal that it is important to introduce Chinese culture to the outside world so as to have effective andharmonious communication. Based on this theoretical framework, this thesis analyzes the phenomenon of theChinese culture aphasia in current college English teaching and proposes solutions to the problem.
文摘It is commonly believed that Imaguage serves as the carrier of culture and one part of it. And language teaching is inseparable from cultural knowledge impartment. So, teachers should attach great importance to cultural background when teaching English language. Unfortunately, aphasia of Chinese culture occurs when they value Western culture and ignore the infiltration of Chinese culture. Under such circumstances, this paper demonstrates the importance of implanting Chinese culture into college English teaching and proposes corresponding measures for Chinese cultural implantation
文摘In English teaching,culture introduction is necessary.It needs effective teaching method to avoid bias in English teaching and to improve students' English learning ability.It is good for the integration of theory and practice,which can really make the students grasp English flexibly.
文摘198 non-English freshmen students from Shandong Yingcai College were selected as research subjects.The subjects were divided into the experimental group(EG) and the control group(CG).The students in EG were taught English integrated Chinese traditional culture for three semesters,while the ones in CG were taught as usual.The results indicate that the integration of Chinese culture broadens the students' horizons and improves the students' ability to express Chinese culture in English and intercultural communicative competence.
文摘As one of the most distinguished features of Chinese Culture,collective oriented culture is the deep structure of Chinese cultural psychology which has shaped Chinese character and influenced their behavior.As a result of it,Chinese students suffer this negative effect from collective orientated culture when acquiring English,especially in oral English acquisition.TEFL teachers should be aware of cultural psychology and try their best to minimize its negative effect instead of neglecting or even enlarging it during oral English teaching.
文摘Further strengthening the integration of traditional culture and college English teaching has a great impact on the cultivation of students’comprehensive moral literacy and values.At the same time,the ingenious integration of tea culture into college English teaching not only helps to enhance students’cultural self-confidence,but also helps to effectively carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture.Therefore,according to the tea culture,this paper describes in detail the practical significance of integrating tea culture into college English education,and then puts forward that tea culture has become an effective way of college English teaching,hoping to bring the students’English learning ability to a certain extent.At the same time,it can further promote and develop China’s tea culture.
文摘In daily communication, language differences significantly reflect the nature of cultural difference. To improve students' ability of cross-cultural communication, teachers are not only supposed to make students master language itself, but also should help them to understand cultural differences between their mother language and English.
文摘There is a natural relationship between culture and language.Language reflects how the people of a nation form the unique way of life and the way of thinking.Therefore,English teaching necessarily involves cultural education as well.This paper analyzes the influence of social culture in English teaching and tries to set up a principle of teaching English culture.
文摘Language is not only part of culture,but also the carrier.The relationship between them decides the important role of culture teaching in language teaching.However,some problems still exist in college English teaching.For example,classroom English teaching time is not enough for culture teaching;English learners'native language thinking has negative transfer in the target language learning,etc..In order to solve these problems,this paper tends to discuss whether English teaching should put an emphasis on Big-C Culture or Little-c Culture.
文摘Culture teaching is an important part of college English teaching. But the current culture teaching emphasized on the culture of target language and overlooked the Chinese culture. This thesis analyses this phenomenon and put forward several suggestions concerning the syllabus, course setting, textbooks edit and teaching method to change this phenomenon.
文摘The relation of language to culture is a relation of part to whole. Language is the primary means by which a culture transmits its beliefs,values and norms. There exists great difference between Western culture and Chinese culture indeed. For example,the etiquette is one of the most conspicuous differences between them. In a general sense,there is different etiquette due to the factors like geographical position,human race difference,religion. This paper demonstrates the different etiquette culture between Western countries and China from greeting,gratitude,compliments and farewell to guide oral English teaching so that students could cross the barrier on etiquette culture when they communicate with English speakers. The aim of this paper is to arise the attention on etiquette of different cultures for English teachers and combine it with oral English teaching.
文摘Though English vocabulary learning plays an important role in initial English learning,vocabulary learning is apt to make pupils feel bored.By introducing to pupils the cultural background related to their learned words,teachers can effectively increase their interest in vocabulary learning and enhance their efficiency of learning words.In primary school English teaching,teachers should combine cultural background with lexical knowledge,thus making culture introduction become an important part of English teaching,cultivating pupils’cultural awareness and sensitivity.Using culture introduction in English vocabulary teaching is conducive to vocabulary teaching and learning in primary school.The paper,based on constructivism and cross-cultural communication,analyzes problems existing in English vocabulary teaching in primary school,and puts forward appropriate countermeasures by using questionnaire,documentary analysis,classroom experience,observation method and interview method with a view to improving the current situation of English vocabulary teaching and improving English vocabulary teaching and learning in primary schools.