Culture Differences and College English Reading

Cultural differences have a great effect on English learning,especially on college English reading.Reading is a crucial tool in acquiring information and knowledge.Culture cannot be separated from language.College English reading should focus on the differences of culture.It is important to understand how to lay stress on the differences in the course of college English teaching and learning about reading for increasing students’ ability of reading.This thesis analyzes the influence of culture on English reading and tries to set up a principle of teaching English through culture.To support my point of view,the relationship between language and culture is discussed first.Language is a part of culture and shaped by culture;it is also the carrier of culture and reflects cultural features of a community in which the language is spoken.Language and culture are closely related with each other.From the aspect of language teaching and learning,to teach a foreign language is to teach another culture;to learn a language is also to learn another culture.     

Teaching English Grammar Through Communicative Language Teaching Approach

Grammar is an important part of language learning. In order for students to have a functional knowledge of a language (in other words, that they can spontaneously produce language) they must have at least some knowledge about the grammatical constructs of the language in question. How grammar can be taught? Considering various second language teaching methods, teaching grammar through Communicative Language Teaching Approach is the most talked. Emphasis in this article is put on the application of Communicative Language Teaching Approach in grammar teaching in college English classes.     

Critical language awareness and English language teaching

Critical Language Awareness （CLA） is an approach to language teaching based on a critical sociocultural theory of language and critical discourse analysis. CLA has a great relationship with English language teaching, but there are few articles talking about it. So the author here will present her understanding of the relationship between CLA and English language.     

Art of Stimulating Interest in Oral English Teaching

English is a tool for communication.English teaching aims are to nurture the students’ability to use this language.This ability is mainly reflected by their spoken ability.So the training of spoken-English-Expression ability is obviously impor tant.This article discusses spoken English teaching methods from two aspects.The first aspect consists of the students’interest in speaking English out,making good use of the artistic methods to correct students’mistakes and comparing the culture between China and Western countries.The main point in this aspect is reflected on classroom-teaching,it contains using concrete objects to enrich teaching content;using body language to stimulate the students interest.The second aspect is to make the students have the positive attitude towards by establishing a harmonious teacher-student relationship.Spoken-English teaching is of value in the whole English teaching procedure.Through using this methods,the teachers can improve the ability of English expression arouse the students’enthusiasm,in the meanwhile,the teachers can transmit the knowledge to the students in a relaxed atmo sphere.Therefore,it is advantageous to improve students’English ability.     

A Review of Contents and Methods of Cultural Teaching Research in China

Language is the carrier of culture as well as the main forms of culture.Language can not be separated from culture while culture depends on language.English teaching is the language teaching.It,of course,includes cultural teaching.In recent twenty years,Chinese scholars have made a lot studies about cultural teaching,which mainly involves in the content of cultural teaching and the methods of culture teaching.This paper centres on these two subjects,collects all articles about them written by Chinese researcher from important English journals as well as monographs,and makes a review of them so as to get a clear picture about the focus as well as the shortcomings of these studies.This provides a backcloth for future researchers.     

Bilingual Language Acquisition:The Relation of First and Second Lamguage in The Development of Bilingual Proficiency

Bilingualism is becoming increasingly common because of more frequent immigration and the new teaching concept adopted by many schools.One becomes bilingual either by acquiring two languages at the same time in childhood or by learning a second language sometime after acquiring their first language.To know more about bilingualism is of great importance,particularly to language teachers and learners.This article tries to analyze a bilingual’s language development on the basis of existing researches by some great linguists and tries to find out how to realize the positive language transfer in English teaching and learning through the interaction between two languages.     

Should ESL Classes Never Mention Religion?

As religion is an integrated part of human history and culture, an L2 cannot be learnt without some mentioning of it in the language classes. Teaching about religion cannot only help L2 learners learn the L2 itself but other general knowledge such as history, music and arts. However, differences should be made between teaching religion and teaching about religion and some guidelines should be followed if teachers are to teach it in the language classes.     

Grammar and Its Teaching: Challenging the Myths

Grammar is often misunderstood in the language teaching field. The misconception lies in the view that grammar is a collection of arbitrary rules about static structures in the language. Further questionable claims are that the structures do not have to be taught, learners will acquire them on their own,     

A Brief Analysis of Culture Teaching in TEFL

The close relationship between language and culture determines the unseparability of language teaching from the corresponding culture.The depressing state of English teaching in China,to a large extent,is due to the separation of our teaching from English culture.Just on the basis of this,the paper first touches on the relationship between language and culture,then mentions the importance of culture teaching in TEFL(Teaching English as a Foreign Language) and in the end expounds how to carry out culture teaching in TEFL.     

Several Cultural Mistakes in Foreign Language Communication

Culture and language are both products of hum an society. This paper concerns the close relationship betweelanguage and culture. Some social scientists consider that language is the keystone of culture. Language is a media of communicationwhich is culturally conditioned. Culture, as a significant feature of human society and the soil for language emergence as well abackground for language use, is closely knitted together with language. However, current teaching syllabus in China does noprovide a system of the specific cultural contents to be included in any teaching program. Culture as a set of traits is by and largeneglected area and has drawn little attention. According to a famous professor Hu Wenzhongs paper, more than 90% students admithat there is a cultural gap between native English speakers and Chinese English learners and all of them think that awareness ocultural difference should be made a goal in language learning and teaching. In intercultural communication, culturamisunderstanding is often worse than linguistic one and tend to create ill feeling between native speakers and Chinese speakers oEnglish. Therefore, cultural mistakes as well as linguistic mistakes should be avoided in order to be successful in inter culturacommunication.     

外语教学中的文化教育

语言和文化是个整体,语言教学和文化教育不可分割。在外语教学中进行文化教育理所当然。由于国际交往日趋频繁,跨文化交际能力在某种程度上成为衡量现代人才的标准,在外语教学中进行文化教育尤为必要。文化教育的内容可分为语言行为（或非语言行为）、行为准则和核心行为准则等三个层次导入。文化教育要求外语教师对语言与文化有基本的理解、明确文化教育的目的并培养学生对外国文化的正确态度。     

论外语课程的文化回应性教学

本文认为,当前外语课程教学在文化教育方面存在着片面强调语言知识教学,忽视中西方文化背景、文化价值观导入、缺乏文化理解力培养的局限性。语言与文化具有发生学的关系,语言是文化的载体,文化的任何内容都可通过语言来反映。外语教学中要注重文化背景、文化价值观念、文化差异的导入,以培养学生的跨文化交际能力和文化理解力。文化回应是基于语言学立场与文化立场整合的外语教学策略。     

化学教学中培养学生人文精神的思考与探索

培养学生人文精神是素质教育的重要组成部分,中学化学教学应当充分挖掘化学学科的人文内涵,把握学科特有的人文气质,通过多种途径和方法培养学生人文精神,探索出在中学化学教学中融入人文教育的正确途径,充分发挥基础教育的育人性特征。     

社会建构主义认知理论视域下外语教师的角色探析

社会建构主义以认知心理学、建构主义、人本主义为理论基础,赞同全人教育的观点,强调要使学习有效地发生．教师在教学中必须做到将认知和情感两方面有机地结合起来。这一理论对外语教学带来了多方面的影响,其中之一便是教师角色的变化。外语教师作为学生和目的语之间的中介者,在学生知识建构的过程中,教师应当摒弃对学生进行语言灌输的旧观念,而更加关注学生的情感需求,营造合适的人文学习环境,促进学生的健康发展。     

外语学习过程中的焦虑问题

外语学习是一个既包含认知因素又包括情感因素的复杂过程。语言焦虑作为三大情感因素之一,无论是对外语学习成果,还是对学习者的全面发展都有着很大的负面影响。本文通过对语言焦虑的理论溯源,系统地归纳了语言焦虑的产生、发展及其负面影响,并探讨了以人本主义为基础,降低语言焦虑的重要性和可能性。     

论"外语学得"前提下课堂语法教学的地位

当前的英语教学中普遍存在着忽视语法的倾向,造成了相当严重的后果。本文首先通过例证澄清了“二语习得”和“外语学得”的差别,否定了外语语法“自然习得”论;进而从“外语学得”观出发,分别从语言的创造性、语言的准确性和言语信息差调控等三个方面论证语法教学的重要性。     

社会认知视野下的大学法语教学

基于社会认知理论的外语教学理论目前是我国外语界比较热门的外语教育理论。社会认知理论为我国外语学习者的学习过程、学习动机、学习策略、社会文化环境等因素研究建立了理论基石,也为建构我国本土外语教学理论和教学实践提供了有利的理论支持。本文介绍了社会认知理论的概念,并探讨了社会认知理论对我国大学法语教学的启示——加强课堂教学改革、注重交际能力培养和提高跨文化意识。     

外语教学的文化语用观策略

语言的运用以文化信息为底蕴,以语用意图为导向。因此在分析语言层次与文化层次的基础上,探讨文化与语用的关系,提出语言教学的文化语用观策略,以期让教师在文化的基础上进行语言教学和让学生正确地理解语言、得体地运用语言。     

语文教学与学生人文精神的培养

工具性与人文性是语文的两大属性,我们在语文教学时,千万不能将语文视为一门纯粹工具性的学科,而忽视了语文的人文价值。在语文教学中培养学生的人文精神,可以从以下几个方面入手：一是语言表达中训练创新能力展现人文精神;二是阅读教学中构建学生人文精神;三是借助作文教学展现人文精神;四是语文试卷中体现人文精神。     

人本主义视域下的文化自觉与教师幸福感探究

随着社会快速发展,教师面临教学提高、专业能力更新还有生存的双重压力。教师是人类灵魂的工程师,担负教书育人的重要责任,首先应该是有思想有幸福感的人,如何在以人为本的环境制度下探索文化自觉与幸福感的关系,教师如何获得人本主义文化自觉功能下的幸福,是值得我们探索的。