Cultural Introduction in English Teaching

DOI

10.2991/icemeet-16.2017.212How to use a DOI?

Keywords

English teaching; culture introduction; vocabulary; discourse; grammar; context; reading

Abstract

Culture is a complicated synthesis, in view of English teaching is concerned, involved in the history of the English-speaking countries, geography, local conditions and customs, traditions, way of life, literature and art, behavior norms and values, etc., each aspect has very rich contents. Language is an integral part of culture, culture of import can stimulate students' interests, meet the requirements of language learning, promote language teaching, has a positive impact on language learning. Only mastered the relevant cultural knowledge, it can use English correctly in intercultural communication. Therefore, cultural introduction is an important content of English teaching. This article from the "reveal cultural connotations of the vocabulary, excavate the cultural information of discourse, blend in the culture of the grammatical perspective, create a real cultural context, and penetrate cultural knowledge in reading" and so on cultural import strategies are proposed.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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