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1、高中英语教学中的文化教学On Culture Instruction in English Teaching in Senior Middle SchoolsAbstract: With the implementation of the New National English Curriculum in senior middle schools, the notions of cultural awareness and culture instruction are being accepted and carried out in classrooms by English teac
2、hers. It is commonly believed that language and culture are inseparable and that culture instruction must be integrated with language teaching. With the methods of integrating theories into practice, the thesis presents the necessity of culture teaching and approaches of culture teaching.Some sugges
3、tions are put forward to helping improve cultural teaching. For all, this thesis focuses on enhancing students cultural awareness, intercultural communicative competence and their language skills. Key words: culture instruction; ELT in senior middle schools; approach 摘要：随着普通高中英语课程标准的实施，文化意识和文化教学的理念正
4、逐渐深入中学英语课堂。文化与语言密不可分，要成功地实现英语的教学目的，必须将文化教学与语言教学有机结合起来。文章运用理论联系实际的方法论述了文化教学的必要性、文化教学实施的现状、途径以及在教学中的实践，分析其中存在的问题及其原因，探讨解决的对策并提出了一些建议。这些对策和建议的主要目的是加强学生的文化意识培养，提高他们的跨文化交际能力和语言技能。关键词：文化教学； 高中英语教学； 文化教学途径ContentsI. Introduction.1A. Language and culture.11. On defining culture.12. Language and culture.2B.
5、The necessity of culture instruction in ELT in senior middle schools.2II. The Contents of Culture Instruction3A. The goals of culture instruction in ELT in senior middle schools.3B. The contents of culture instruction in ELT in senior middle schools.4III. The Approaches of the Culture Instruction5A.
6、 Suggested approaches for culture instruction in class51. Direct introduction.52. Comparing cultural differences between Chinese and English.63. Setting cultural background.74. Classroom activities75. Giving lectures.8B. Suggested approaches for culture instruction out of class.91. Reading literatur
7、e works/newspapers/magazines. 92. Enjoying video programs.103. Acquiring culture knowledge from internet11C. Suggestions on culture instruction in ELT in senior middle schools. .111. Improving assessment of culture learning.11 2. Suggestions for teachers12. Conclusion.13Works Cited.14 On Culture Ins
8、truction in English Teaching in Senior Middle Schools. IntroductionWith the rapid development of modern transportation and communication, the whole world has become a “small village”, and the contact between peoples of different cultures becomes more and more frequent. Therefore, English teaching pl
9、ays a more and more important part at senior middle schools in China. However, when people communicate with each other, they find only knowing the target language cannot solve all the problems, because different cultures will bring about different ways of life, different customs which will often lea
10、d into misunderstandings. A. Language and culture1. On defining cultureCulture is a concept with rich connotations. Different scholars from different fields may give different definitions. Even within the same field, culture has been defined from a number of perspectives. In 1952, American anthropol
11、ogist A.L.Kroeber and C. Kluckhohn published a book “Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions”. In the book, they reviewed more than 160 different definitions about culture. The concept of culture was first offered by the British anthropologist Edward B.Tylor in his Primitive Culture,
12、who looks at “culture” as “that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, customs and other habits acquired by man as a member of society” (Hu&Gao 23).In 1991, Richard E. Porter and Larry A. Samovar (86) define culture as the deposit of knowledge, experiences, beliefs, values
13、, attitudes, meanings, hierarchies, religion, timing, rules, spatial relations, concepts of universe and material objects and expressions acquired by a large group of people in the course of generations through individual and group striving.In 1997, Jia Yuxin notes the definition given by the sociol
14、inguist, Goodenough, is beneficial to the study of cross-cultural communication. For Goodenough, “Culture.consists of standards for deciding what is, standards for deciding what can be, standards for deciding how one feels about it, standards for deciding what to do about it, and standards for deciding how to go about doing it” (Jia 47). In 2000, Wang Zhenya (63) points out, culture has the following properties:1. Culture is human specific.2. Culture is a social phenomenon.3. Culture is a national phenomenon.4. Cultur
