1、楚雄师范学院本科毕业论文题 目 跨文化意识在中学英语教学中的重要意义及培养 系（院） 外语系 专 业 英 语 学 号 20091031215 姓 名 杨 溢 指导教师 何俊华 论文字数 6483 字 完成日期 May，2013 The Significance and Cultivation of Cross-cultural Awareness in Middle School English TeachingbyYang YiSupervisor: He JunhuaA Graduation Thesis Presented as a Partial Fulfillment for the
2、 Degree of B.A. in EnglishDepartment of Foreign LanguagesChuxiong Normal UniversityMay, 2013STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIPExcept where reference is made in the text of the thesis, this thesis contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or part from a thesis presented by me for another de
3、gree or diploma.No other persons work has been used without due acknowledgement in the main text of the thesis.This thesis has not been submitted for the award of any other degree or diploma.Signed: Dated: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSI would like to express my sincere gratitude to many people who have made the
4、completion of this thesis possible.First of all, I would like to thank my supervisor He Junhua for guiding and encouraging me throughout the writing process and for her constructive comments and invaluable suggestions during the whole work with this thesis.I would also like to express my sincere gra
5、titude to all the teachers who have given me great help during my four-year-study in ChuXiong Normal University.Finally, my heart appreciation goes to my family who shared my worries, frustrations, and hopefully my ultimate happiness in eventually finishing this thesis.ABSTRACTLanguage is the carrie
6、r of culture，and language cannot separate from culture and exist alone. Therefore, language teaching should be established on the basis of understanding culture. In middle school English teaching, if you want students to understand and use English correctly, you have to let them understand the cultu
7、re of English-speaking countries. In view of this, the cultivation of cross-cultural awareness in English teaching is of great significance. This paper analyzes the problems existing in the present middle school English teaching in China, studies the important meaning of cross-cultural awareness in
8、middle school English teaching, and based on this, advances several methods of cultivating cross-cultural awareness in English teaching.Key words: language; culture; cross-cultural awareness; middle school English teaching; cultivation摘 要语言是文化的载体，语言不能脱离文化而存在。因而，语言的教学应该建立在了解文化的基础上。在中学英语教学中要想让学生正确理解和运
9、用英语，就得让他们理解英语国家的文化。鉴于此，跨文化意识的培养在英语教学中的意义重大。本论文分析了我国现阶段中学英语教学中存在的问题，研究了跨文化意识在中学英语教学中的重要意义，并在此基础上提出了几种在英语教学中培养跨文化意识的方法。关键字：语言 文化 跨文化意识 中学英语教学 培养CONTENTSSTATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP .iACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .iiABSTRACT(EnglishVersion).iiiABSTRACT(ChineseVersion) .ivCONTENTS.v1. INTRODUCTION.11.1 Literature Review
10、.11.2 The Purpose of the Research.22. THE PRESENT SITUATION OF MIDDLE SCHOOL EIGLISH TEACHING IN CHINA.42.1 The Lack of Cross-cultural Awareness in Middle School English Teaching .42.2 Mistakes Made in Communication with Foreigners .63. THE IMPORTANCE OF CROSS-CULTURAL AWARENESS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL ENG
11、LISH TEACHING.83.1 Relation between Language and Culture .83.2 Cultural Background Knowledge in Middle School English Teaching.103.3 Important Meaning of Cross-cultural Awareness .124. THE CULTIVATION OF CROSS-CULTURAL AWARENESS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHING.144.1 Improvement of the Cultural Lev
12、el.144.2 Comparison of Chinese Culture and English Culture in Class .154.3 Extension of Teaching Content.164.4 Using a Variety of Teaching Media and Teaching Methods .174.5 Using Various Forms of Extracurricular Activities .195. CONCLUSION.20REFERENCES.21The Significance and Cultivation of Cross-cul
13、tural Awareness in Middle School English Teaching1. INTRODUCTION1.1 Literature ReviewIn the 20s-30s of the 20th century, the study of cross-cultural communication has drawn interest in the USA. In 1959，the American anthropologist Hall issued his classic the Silent Language. This work first proposed
14、the concept of intercultural communication, and the publication of this work mark the birth of intercultural communication in academic world. Hall always pays attention to the relationship between culture and communication. In the Silent Language, Hall studied the relationship between time, space an
15、d communication deeply, he thought that there are some obvious differences among people of different cultural background when they use time and space to express meaning. And in this book, Hall proposed some ideas about how to research culture more scientific and more detailed; he had a huge impact o
16、n other scholars in the field of cross-cultural communication. Since then, a growing number of scholars began engaged in intercultural communication studies. Many influential intercultural communication books got published. Samovar and Porters point of view emphasized intercultural communication occ
17、urs among people of different cultural backgrounds. Samovar and Porter (1999:19) pointed that: studies in intercultural communication examine what happens in intercultural contacts and interactions when the communication process involves culturally diverse people. Also many studies focus on the prob
18、lems arising from communication between people of different cultural backgrounds and seek solution to these problems. In 1980, Chinese scholar Xu Guozhang issued his work Culturally-loaded Words and English Language Teaching that marked the birth of cross-cultural communication in China. In this boo
19、k, he pointed that some equivalent words in different language in fact are not equal on the cultural connotation. Since then, communicative teaching in foreign language teaching gradually extended, makes people realize that learning a foreign language must be combined with the culture. Many scholars
20、 found by hard and thorough searching the reason why there are so many problems during intercultural communication is the lack of cross-cultural awareness. And some have published some periodicals to explain carefully their understanding and researching of cross-cultural awareness. Such as Hu Wenzho
21、ng (1999:23) gave the definition to intercultural communication like this: “Intercultural communication is the process when people from various cultural backgrounds interacted with each other.” From Hus view, we can see that, intercultural communication is a widespread social phenomenon and cultural
22、 phenomenon, it occurs among people of different cultural backgrounds. It also warns people that its very necessary to pay attention to the form of language and the connotation of the language during middle school English teaching, in order to learn a foreign language well.1.2 The Purpose of the Res
23、earchCulture teaching, especially the cultivation of cross-cultural awareness in middle school English teaching is very important. However, English teaching in China, especially in middle and high school, follows a stereotyped model, that is wordphrasesentence pattern, with less concern of culture.
24、The aims of English teaching, in the same way, are to enable students to master the pure language and to communicate with the people from the English-speaking countries. However, because of the differences in all aspects of custom, way of thinking, norm and value, English learners often make mistake
25、s by applying their own culture to the foreign one. This is the biggest obstacle to successful communication. It also demonstrates the defect of our English teaching-lack of cross-cultural awareness. So, the research of the important meaning and cultivation of cross-cultural awareness in middle school English teaching is very necessary.The purpose of foreign language teaching is not only to train students basic skills
