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》

　　In west countries, the research on culture teaching began in 1960s. Many western linguists made researches on the subjects, such as Nostrand, Brooks, Stern, Hinkel, etc. They made significant achievements in their researches. For example, Hinkel edited a book on culture teaching named Culture in Second Language Teaching and Learning. This book seeks to reexamine the relationship between culture, language teaching, and learning by showing how cultural factors influence many different aspects of second language learning and use (Hinkel, 2001). However, in China, it is in the mid 1980s that many scholars began to conduct researches over the impact of culture teaching on foreign language learning. Hu (胡文仲,1992) claims that culture knowledge and culture teaching should be more emphasized in foreign language class and Chinese students should be cultivated with culture sensitivity and communicative competence. Hu and Gao (胡文仲&高一虹, 1997) wrote Foreign Language Teaching and Culture in which the authors introduce and analyze every aspects of culture teaching in foreign language teaching systematically. Chen (陈申,2000) wrote Culture Teaching in Foreign Language Teaching in which the author examines Chinese attitudes towards foreign culture and analyze the relationships between language, language teaching and culture. Therefore, culture teaching is an essential part of foreign language teaching.

　　Thus, today in Chinese high schools, learners and teachers no longer view foreign language learning as exercising on pure linguistic forms because such focus cannot meet the demands of social development. Hence, culture teaching is to be integrated with language teaching in senior English class as a way to improve learner’s communicative competence. However, in reality, the situation and results of culture teaching in Chinese senior high English class are far from satisfaction due to the lack of attention and systematic teaching strategies. In this paper, the author mainly deals with the current situation of culture teaching and obstacles in senior English class and tires to explore the principles and strategies which can be used in senior English class at present.