On the culture of teaching middle school English.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 58 On the culture of teaching middle school English [Abstract] Along with development of the cooperation between nations, the international communication becomes more and more important. But, the culture difference brings about lots of misunderstanding and obstacles in communication. Therefore, the knowledge of culture background is essential to the effective communication. Nowadays, English has become a very significant tool in the international communication. It is a must to pay enough attention to the culture education in the process of English learning. The paper intends to make an analysis of our traditional junior English teaching, which indicates that the culture education of this stage is not so satisfying and exists lots of problems. It also focuses on the strengths and the weaknesses of the current culture teaching approaches, showing an opinion that only to develop the strong points and improve the weak, can our culture education of junior English become successful. The present paper also lays emphasis on what a teacher should and what a teacher can do in the process of culture education, discussing the practicable teaching approaches and extracurricular activities. [Key Words] intercultural communication; culture education; junior English; communicative ability; cultural awareness Abstract With the continuous development of international cooperation, increasing international exchanges. Communication misunderstandings caused by cultural differences and barriers to some extent hampers the effective conduct, therefore, the understanding of cultural backgrounds contribute to effective communication goes smoothly. Today’s society, English has become essential to one of the languages of international communication. In the process of learning English, it is essential to culture teaching as an indispensable element. In this paper, the traditional teaching methods of our analysis of junior high school English and fou