中学生在第二语言学习中的文化理解能力的培养

Abstract

    In our country,especially in middle school, cultural understanding education is very importance, Especially in language education.each educational projects have specific educational purposes. Foreign language education aims to cultivate students' understanding of foreign culture and set up the bridge between the national culture and the foreign culture ; 

Culture, as the total pattern of human behavior and its products, oversteps geographical limits and historical conditions in many ways, and it is characterized by its strong penetrativeness, people of different cultural backgrounds apparently interact each other (Wang, 1999: 139). Especially after China’s accession to the WTO and the outside world power is strengthening in China, second language usage becomes increasingly extensive. Cross-cultural communication is particularly more important than before.

Language is an important carrier of culture, which is assumed have the task of cultural heritage continuation (Wang & Wu, 1994: 89). What’s more, foreign language teaching is the key to cross-cultural communication

To meet this demand of the situation development, English teaching should be made substantial adjustments. How to train students in cultural consciousness, enhance cross-cultural communication ability of students, In the start-up phase, teachers should enable students to understand primary English national culture, the similarities and differences between Chinese and foreign cultures, students should be closely related to the daily life around them, cultivate their interests in learning English,  enhancing cross-cultural communication ability.

Keywords　Cultural，language ，understanding ability 

Contents

Abstract 1

Contents 2

Introduction 4

2.The Function of Cross-culture Consciousness in Middle School English Teaching 4

3. The Problems in Middle School Cross-cultural Teaching 5

3.1 English vocabularies and English grammars are emphasized excessively 5

3.2 Lack of speaking environment 5

4. The Reasons for the Culture Unawareness 6

4.1 Lack of knowledge and understanding of different cultural differences 6

4.2 Lack of real language environment. 7

4.3 Lack of the worldwide horizon 7

5. How to Cultivate Students’ Cross-culture Consciousness 8

5.1 Give appropriate role-play chances and reasonable activities 8

5.2 Comparisons and contrast 9

5.4 Communicative activities 9

6.Conclusion 10

References 11