初中英语文化教学的探究_英语论文

Exploration of English Cultural Teaching in Junior Middle School 

摘要

我国初中英语教学注重语言知识的传授，而忽略对学生英语文化输入的培养。学生缺乏外语学习的环境，教师素养是个问题，他们不明白语言与文化的关系。一些老师没有意识去给学生补充语言所相关的文化。通过对目前国内外文化教学现状的分析，着重对语言与文化关系、初中文化教学的问题、策略进行研究，希望对提高教师的英语文化教学能力有一定的帮助。

关键词：初中英语；文化教学；语言; 文化

Abstract

In our country，English Teaching of Junior middle school pays attention to the teaching of language knowledge, but ignores the cultivation of students' cultural input. Students do not have the atmosphere of foreign language learning. Teachers lack of literacy. Meanwhile, they do not know the relationship between language and culture. Some teachers do not have the awareness to add culture to their students. This thesis touches briefly up on the development of the foreign culture teaching both at home and abroad, especially research the relationship between language and culture, the existing questions and strategies of junior middle school culture teaching. I hope this thesis can help teachers to improve their teaching ability.

Keywords: junior English; culture teaching; language; culture 

Contents

1. Introduction1

1.1 Background of English teaching in China1

1.2 Purpose of the research.1

2. Literature Review2

2.1 Language and culture2

2.2 Domestic researchers on culture teaching 5

2.3 Foreign researchers on culture teaching.6

2.4 The new English curriculum standard7

3. Existing Problems in Junior Middle School Culture Teaching.8

3.1 Teacher centered learning model8

3.2 Students’ poor cultural awareness.9

3.3 Teacher lacking the knowledge of English culture.9 

4. Strategies and Techniques in Junior Middle School Culture Teaching.10

4.1 Strategies of culture teaching for middle school English teaching.10 

4.2Techniques of culture teaching for middle school English teaching.12

5. Conclusion 15

Works Cited.17