Culture Input in Foreign Language Teaching

Language and culture are highly interrelated, that is to say, language is not only the carrier of culture but it is also restricted by culture. Therefore, foreign language teaching aiming at cultivate students＇ intercultural communication should take culture differences into con- sideration. In this paper, the relationship between language and culture will be discussed. Then I will illustrate the importance of intercultural c Finally, according to the present situation of foreign language teaching in China, several strategies for cultural input in and out of class will be suggested.     

Cultural Contents Taught in English Teaching

Language and culture are closely related to each other.From the aspect of language as the semiotic system,language is the carrier of culture and culture is the entailment of language.The language of any nation bears the deep content of its culture.It can be said that language is the reflection of a nation's culture.Therefore the learning of a language must be connected with the acquisition of the corresponding culture.In the English classrooms English teacher should teach the language and the culture as well.This paper deals with both the cultural contents to be taught and the principles of teaching them in the English classrooms.     

The Exploration of Differences on Politeness Between Western and Chinese Culture

This paper discusses the cultural differences on politeness between western and Chinese by means of contrast, indicating that due to different cultural background ,historic background, traditional customs and so on, there are many differences on politeness in daily communication Today, etiquette becomes the reflection and manifestation of one country 's politics, economy, culture in people 's social contact.And it includes the principal and moral that people should obey in daily life.So it is important for us to learn western culture.This paper also will discuss how to learn western culture.There are many ways for learning western culture.Therefore, It is practically useful to know and study the differences, thus promoting the cultural communication.     

A Comparison of Cultural Connotations between English and Chinese Color Words and Phrases

In social anthropology,"culture"is a catch word for all those patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting. It is always a collective phenomenon, because it is at least partly shared with people who live or lived within the same social environment. Culture can be classified into several layers of which historical, regional, religious, and social cultures are discussed in this paper. Language and culture are closely related. Certain language reflects certain culture in which the language is used. As two different languages, Chinese and English have their own cultural characteristics and connotations. This paper compares the cultural connotations of Chinese and English color words to see how important the cultural background of a language is in cross-cultural communication.     

AN ANALYSIS TOWARDS CULTURAL FACTORS IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE TRANSLATION IN THE MATERIAL FIELD

Language is the carrier of culture,and translation is a cultural information exchanging process in which the connotation of one language is expressed in the other one,namely,translation is not only the process of language exchanging but also the process of culture exchanging.To a great extent,the transform of culture information is restricted by culture factors.Therefore,in order to reappear the original flavor naturally and properly during the process of translation,one must think highly of the fact that culture factors affect translation activities a lot.This thesis transilluminates the culture factors in E/C translation through the translation comparison among the Chinese and English set phrases,idioms,allusions,sayings,and colloquialism;It also tries to analyze the way of cultural information transaction in E/C translation and put forward the opinion to it.     

A Contrast of Cultural Connotations between English and Chinese Color Terms

Color is perception of people to the objective world.In human language,there are great numbers of color terms recording color of the world.These color terms are often used in human language.Gradually,they are endowed with rich emotional elements and cultural connotations.In cross-cultural communication,different nations with different cultural backgrounds or people of the same nations with the same backgrounds but belonging to different social classes have different perceptions of various colors.The different perceptions of colors result in a series of associative meaning of color terms.This thesis intends to discuss color terms from the following five aspects.Firstly,it deals with the relationship between language and culture.Language and culture are connected with each other.So the understanding of a culture requires the understanding of the corresponding language and vice versa.Secondly,it aims at the contrast of cultural connotations of basic color terms in English and Chinese.Thirdly,it is devoted to a discussion of the possible reasons for the diversity of cultural connotations in the two languages.Fourthly,it focuses on the influences on the cross-cultural communication.     

SEXISM IN ENGLISH

The language a culture uses reveals the values and beliefs of that culture. Sexism in the English language is discussed from both linguistic form and conversational style in this paper. The correction of this problem has also been raised and several suggestions are given in the end of this paper. Sexism in English language reflects the sexism in our thoughts, so sexism will not disappear from the language we use until it is completely erased from our mind.     

Preliminary Analysis of Cultural Differences between Chinese and English in Oral English Teaching

Language is closely related to culture.A good language learner means not mastering the language itself,but also involves the cultivation of cultural competence which is an important element of communicative competence as well as the content of modern language education.This thesis attempts to work out corresponsive countermeasures in Oral English language teaching.     

Eye contact and Cross-cultural Communication

It is commonly agreed by contemporary scholars that it is important to understand the role of culture and its characteristics and potential impact on individuals engaged in cross-cultural communication. Nonverbal contact, as a medium to convey emotion, attitudes and intention, plays an undeniably vital role in often reveals basic culture traits. Eye The concentration of this paper is to discuss the functions of eye contact in communication, different information conveyed by eye contact on the basis of different cul- tures and the importance of understanding and respecting the rituals of eye contact in cross-cultural     

Brief Study on the Translation of Chinese Vulgarism Language into English

Vulgarism language, also named four-letter words.in English, is words or phrases of roughness and pushiness used in people＇s daily life. Though crude and ungrateful, it is an indispensable part of any language. It is a common way for people to express their emotions with such words. Any language in the world has vulgarism language and Chinese has no exception. Chinese vulgarism language not only exists in daily life, but in literary works as well. In English and Chinese their expressions of vulgarism language differ because of the different categories. In this article, the author Would like to come up with a preliminary study on the translation of Chinese vulgarism language into English.     

从广告语看中西文化差异

Cultural difference can be found in many aspects, this paper deals with the differences between Chinese culture and English culture in the perspective of advertisements. Advertising is an important part of people’s life. Advertisements in a certain country attract certain consumers, so they reflect the unique culture in the given country. This paper will focus on four aspects to illustrate the cultural difference between China and Western countries found in advertising creation and advertising language aimed to help people understand cultural difference in the trend of globalization and accelerate the cross-cultural communication.     

On Promoting Study Initiative in English Language Teaching

English,as a kind of language,is not easy to learn and master well.The enthusiasm of learners plays an important role in English language learning.The aim of this paper is to encourage English teachers to pay more attention on promoting the initiative of students in English learning sufficiently.In this paper,firstly,the writer analyses the important factors affecting the students'initiative in English learning.Secondly,some advice on how to cultivate students' learning initiative is given.     

Syntactic Features of Computer English

In recent years there has been an apparent upsurge of interest in English in China. A whole new mass of people want to learnEnglish, not for the pleasure or prestige of mastering the language, but for the key role the language of English is playing in the world of tech-nology and commerce. As English became the accepted international language of technology and commerce, it created a new generation oflearners who knew specifically why they were learning a language. As a result, more and more people attach great importance to scien-tech-nical English. It is therefore how computer English, a branch of English for Science and Technology (EST), comes into being .This paper fo-cuses on the syntactic features of computer English.     

COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING

Nowadays,Computer Assisted Language Learning(CALL)is gettingmore worldwide popular,but the situation in China is not so promising.Inthis paper,the writer tries to show effectiveness and feasibility of CALL in Chinese language teaching context by commenting on a CALL mat-erial designed by the writer.This CALL material is adapted from Berer‘s MAZE (Berer 1981 ) andauthored in Microtext. It is suitable for students at intermediate level. The.aim of designing this program is to provide students practice in listening,sPeaking. reading and writing by working on computers.     

Cultural Effects on Language in Use——A Comparison between Chinese and English

Language is the presentation of culture,and culture is expressed through the actual use of language.This paper analyses the differences between Chinese and English language from a pragmatic perspective resulted from the cultural differences between China and the Western countries.     

The Differences between Second Language Learning and Skill Learning

People learn things all their lives. They learn various skills in order to live. In these skills there are language learning and many other kinds of learning. This paper is intended to show some differences between second language learning and skill learning. Theories on Second Language Acquisition and Motor Skill learning are introduced exclusively.     

The BackWash Effect of CETs on Lanauage Education in a Broader Sense

CET4 and CET6 （combined as CETs in this paper） have played and are still playing undeniable roles in motivating English teaching and learning as well as providing a unified standard according to which most universities and colleges can compare with each other. However, in the recent years, a voice blaring their disadvantages has become louder and louder. This paper joins in the voice and expose their negative backwash effects on not only language education in colleges and universities but also on the activities of other institutions and organizations which are directly or indirectly involved in language training. This is what it means by ＂Language Education in a Broader Sense＂ in the tide of this paper. Some improvements have been suggested in the end.     

EFL Learning in China and the Acquisition of Culture of English-speaking Countries

This thesis is a study on the close relationship between EFL Learning in China and the acquisition of culture of English-speaking countries. First,it analyses the inticate relationship between language and. cultrue,then the causes of typical cultural mistakes made by EFL learners in China , and the goals of acquisition of culture of English ?speaking countries. Lastly, this paper puts forward four tenta tive approaches to this culture acquisition in EFL learning in China.     

The Influence of Working Memory on Listening Comprehension

We many notice that in listening classroom, what proficient students complain most is that they can get every word in the listening material but the most difficult thing for them is to keep in mind what they have heard. Although listening comprehension is now widely considered to be of great importance in second language learning and is extensively studied, there has not been enough research on listening comprehension from the language processing perspective. And there is not too much studies involving the concept of memory in listening comprehension, especially the relationship between working memory capacity and listening comprehension.     

Western Dietary Culture Effects on China

As the China-western cultural exchanges of in recent years strengthen day by day,the diet used to be simple in our daily life is becoming more and more abundant,and presents the trend of the pluralism.This paper studies on Chinese dietary cultural and foreign dietary cultural,letting readers have a clear understanding of the effects of western dietary culture on Chinese people's life and Chinese economy.How to lead people to establish a correct consumption view is an important problem,throwing away its dross,picking up quintessence,and using western culture to improve people's life and China's economic development.