简介:ThispaperdiscussesthequestionoftheteachingofcultureinaEFLclass.Withtheopendoorpolicy,moreandmorepeopleinChinaarelearningEnglishorsomeotherlanguageforvariouspurposes.However,theyoftenexperiencethefrustrationoffailureincommunicationwithforeignerswhichcansourrelationshipsorbusinessduetotheirignoranceofthetargetcultureassociatedwiththelanguagetheyarelearningorhavelearned.Therefore,TeachcultureinforeignlanguageclassesandLearnasecondculturewhilelearningasecondlanguagehavebecomenewslogans,ortobeexact,newtasksinthefieldofEnglishlanguageteachinginChina.Buthowtoteachandwhattoteachremainproblematic.Iholdthat"centralcode"ofaculturei.e.people’swayoflifeshouldbethefocusinEFLteaching.Thenchoosingappropriateandauthenticmaterialcontainingaspectsofcultureisofgreatimportance.Weshouldtakefulladvantageofmassmediaandmultimediamaterialsandapproaches.AtthesametimeweshouldalsopayattentiontotheculturalbehaviourorbeliefofEFLteacherssoastomakemoreeffectiveteaching.
简介:WhilenegativetransferofthenativelinguisticknowledgeinSLAiscloselystudied,otheraspectsofthelearner’snativeknowledgehavebeenignored.Thefollowingisaninvestigationandstudyinthisrespect,revealingthatnegativetransfernoton-lyhappensintheaspectofthelearner’snativelinguisticknowl-edgesuchasthatofthenativegrammaticalrulesandlexicalcon-ception,butalsohappensinaspectsofculturalconventionsandthinkingpatterns.Itisalsofoundthatnegativetransferoflin-guisticknowledgedecreaseswiththelearner’sprogressinstudywhiletheothertwoaspectshavenoobviousdecrease.WithLevel3asacontrolgroup,thispaperconfirmedtheeffectivenessandnecessityinofferingclassesdealingwiththeothertwoaspectsofnegativetransfer.
简介:ThisessayistalkaboutThesignificanceofcross-culturecommunicationinglobalmodernsociety.Itwillexpoundthenecessityofcross-culturalcommunicationfortheglobalmodernsociety,whichincludesexplainhowthecross-culturecommunicationworksintheglobalmodernsociety.
简介:RecentlytherehasbeenmuchriseintheinterestsoftheresearchonEnglishaslinguafranca(ELF),however,inadequateattentionisputontheculturedimensionunderthecontextofELF.ThisarticletriestoexploretherelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureunderELFandsuggestedthatthecultureisnotsettledorstatic,butishighlydynamicandcontextdependent.Therefore,theabilitytonegotiatebecomesvitalwhenEnglishisusedasalinguafranca.
简介:Duringthelong-termhumandevelopment,theformationofthelanguagehasitsownnationalcharacteristics.Languageisahumanspecificsymbolsystem,culturalrubyandoneofthemostimportantcarriersofculture.Theproduction,economiclife,geography,religion,andsoonarereflectedinthelanguage.Loveiseternaltopicandlovewordshaveverydeeprichculturalimplication.Forthousandsofyears,peoplepraisebeautifulloveandaffection.ThispaperwilltakelovewordsforexampletolookintoChineseandWesternculturalcharacteristics.
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