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》

　　On the other hand, language reflects culture in various ways and is indispensable to culture acquisition, transmission and development. Firstly, language is a keystone in culture for culture is maintained through language. People use language to receive, store, manipulate and generate symbols. Secondly, many cherished heritages have been handed on from generation to generation by means of oral or print communication. Thirdly, language organizes and expresses a whole range of cultural information and interpretations of concepts and ways of human life. And the cultural information and concepts are specific form which have acquired from the development of the specific community of language users. Thus, it is the language which records the ancestors’ knowledge and experience that assure human beings’ civilization today.

　　Generally speaking, it is undeniable that language and culture are interrelated and affected mutually. And the intimate relationship between language and culture leads to a inevitable connection between language learning and culture learning. Consequently, teaching language must be integrated with teaching culture.

　　1.3 The Importance of Culture Instruction in Senior English in China

　　English has become one of the most important subjects in middle school as well as in colleges and universities. Most students in china begin to learn English in primary school, and some of them start in kindergarten. Nevertheless, most of them can not communicate naturally and fluently with foreigners after years of study. In most cases, they may write perfect sentences with fabulous words while they come across dozens of misunderstandings in communicating with native speakers. The major problem lies in the different culture backgrounds. That means we hold different views towards moral ethics, thinking patterns, concepts of value and so on. The author will make a comparison between Chinese culture and English culture from the following four aspects.