2017届福建省光泽第一中学高中英语教师论文：《A Study on Culture Teaching in Senior English Class》_高考复习指南

2017届福建省光泽第一中学高中英语教师论文：《A Study on Culture Teaching in Senior English Class》

　　Sixth, culture teaching should be suitable. It mainly refers to the appropriateness of teaching contents and teaching methods. What belongs to the mainstream culture should be explained in details. Synchronic cultural are the key points. Timely introduction of some historical contents are helpful for students to understand the entire process of some cultural tradition and customs. The appropriateness of teaching methods means handle the relationship between the teacher’s instruction and the students’ self- study. The teacher should be the organizer and guide of students’ extra-curriculum culture learning and encourage students to do plenty of extra reading and practice and increase the knowledge of culture.

　　3.2 Strategies of Culture Teaching

　　As Stern (1999) points out, there are three different situations in culture teaching. The first is culture teaching in foreign language courses in which the students in physically and often psychologically far removed from the reality of life in the target speech community. The second situation is the one in which students may be physically far away from the target language environment but psychologically it is much more real to them because they are preparing to visit the country for a holiday or for working there. The third situation to consider is that of students, immigrants, or personnel already in the target language milieu.

　　The situation of culture teaching in high school English class in China is like the first one. Since Chinese students are physically and psychologically far removed from the target culture, the aim of culture teaching in China is to try to shorten the psychological distance. As we know, culture teaching is in vital to develop students’ socio-cultural competence and to avoid failure in intercultural communication, but how to teach culture and how to cultivate cultural awareness remains a question. Therefore, effective teaching strategies are very essential. The strategies briefly described below can be effectively used in culture teaching in high school English teaching.