1. Introduction In educational theory, as with most things, there exist fashions and trends. Within the field of foreign language teaching the communicative approach is with good reason very fasharable in the west. Th...1. Introduction In educational theory, as with most things, there exist fashions and trends. Within the field of foreign language teaching the communicative approach is with good reason very fasharable in the west. The name certainly makes it difficult to argue with, who would want to use the ’non-communicative’ approach to teaching a foreign language? The need to communicate in a language is what makes language teaching different from teaching many other subjects. If you study geography, you learn about places, but if you only learn about a language it is not enough.展开更多
language and culture are closely related, language is not only the most important human communication tools, is also a cultural carrier. All our words and deeds are, consciously or unconsciously, reflect a certain cul...language and culture are closely related, language is not only the most important human communication tools, is also a cultural carrier. All our words and deeds are, consciously or unconsciously, reflect a certain culture. Many cultural phenomena can be reflected in language. Chinese and English text is based on the basis of different languages. Chinese people should learn English well, can not be ignored in the Sino-British cultural differences. Article from the Sino-British inter-cultural differences, the...展开更多
文摘1. Introduction In educational theory, as with most things, there exist fashions and trends. Within the field of foreign language teaching the communicative approach is with good reason very fasharable in the west. The name certainly makes it difficult to argue with, who would want to use the ’non-communicative’ approach to teaching a foreign language? The need to communicate in a language is what makes language teaching different from teaching many other subjects. If you study geography, you learn about places, but if you only learn about a language it is not enough.
文摘language and culture are closely related, language is not only the most important human communication tools, is also a cultural carrier. All our words and deeds are, consciously or unconsciously, reflect a certain culture. Many cultural phenomena can be reflected in language. Chinese and English text is based on the basis of different languages. Chinese people should learn English well, can not be ignored in the Sino-British cultural differences. Article from the Sino-British inter-cultural differences, the...