Culture teaching in English teaching论文

Different literature may reflect different cultures, and different cultures also influence different literature. Culture teaching in English teaching is optimal for intermediate and advanced stage of English learning, especially for the English major. People from different cultural background he different life styles, customs, think ways and value views. There are many cultural differences in many aspects between Chinese and west countries, for instance, greeting, valediction, dinner proprieties and so on. So, we should firstly learn about their cultural background before we communicate with them. Knowing the importance of culture teaching, we should learn how to teach culture in English teaching. We should leading in some culture in classroom teaching. In reading literary texts, Students he also to cope with language intended for native speakers and thus they gain familiarity with many different linguistic uses, forms and conventions. The thesis is concerned with the situation and method of the teaching of culture into the classroom. More specifically, some consideration will be given to the why and how of teaching culture.
　　１．Culture teaching plays an important role in English teaching
　　Language is a part of culture and plays a very important role in it. Some social scientists consider it the keystone of culture. Without language, they maintain, culture would not be possible. On the other hand, language is influence and shaped by culture; it reflects culture. In the broadest sense, language is the symbolic representation of a people, and it comprised their historical and cultural backgrounds as well as their approach to life and their ways of living and thinking. Learning a language is inseparable from learning its culture. And if you want to master the language,literature is another important role. Both language and literature, they can not take off the culture. That is to say, learn the ways in which the foreign language reflects the ideas, customs and behior of that society. Learning to understand their “language of the mind”. We need to learn enough about the language and literature’s culture so that we can communicate in the target language properly to achieve not only the linguistic competence as well. In that case as English major we can learn English literature well. This is of great significance in learning a foreign language. Otherwise the ignorance of cultural difference as seen in the previous sections can create barriers in learning the target language and in communication, thus causing some unnecessary misunderstandings and confusions sometimes.