英语选修九译林牛津版U1同步系列课件5（共38张）.ppt

Idioms, proverbs and metaphors in different languages derived from different origins, also demonstrate cultural differences. Different languages may have different idioms owing to different living environments, social conventions and literature tradition, etc. Thus, language learners cannot truly master the language until they have also mastered the cultural contexts in which the language occurs. What role do you think culture teaching play in language teaching? Language is a part of culture and plays a very important role in it. Some social scientists consider it the keystone of culture. Without language, they maintain, culture would not be possible. On the other hand, language is influenced and shaped by culture; it reflects culture. In the broadest sense, language is the symbolic representation of a people, and it comprised their historical and cultural backgrounds as well as their approach to life and their ways of living and thinking. Learning a language is inseparable from learning its culture. When learning a foreign or second language. We should not only learn the mere imitation of the pronunciation, grammar words and idioms, but also learn to see the world as native speakers do. That is to say, learn the ways in which the foreign language reflects the ideas, customs and behavior of that society. Learning to understand their “language of the mind”. That is to say, we need to learn enough about the language’s culture so that we can communicate in the target language properly to achieve not only the linguistic competence as well. This is of great significance in learning a foreign or second language. Otherwise the ignorance of cultural difference can create barriers in learning the target language and in communication, thus causing some unnecessary misunderstandings and confusions sometimes. Find more information about symbols of a country. 2. Prepare for the reading part. Homework 高三（上） Unit 1 Other countries, other cultures Welcome to the unit Do yo