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English Teaching in Chinese and western culture Paper Keywords:: Chinese culture, English culture, comparative Abstracts: The relationship between language and culture starting explains Cultural differences lead to three main factors: geography, history, culture and religion. Adoption of the main causes of difference between Chinese and Western cultures, combined with our current status of English teaching emphasized the teaching of Chinese and Western cultures to compare the importance of English to students to promote the role of second language acquisition, and propose relevant policies. 1 Introduction With the growing impact of globalization, English as the world’s most widely used language learning boom set off in various countries. At present, beginning in third grade English courses opened. As China and the international community become more frequent and society requires the employer to the continuous improvement of standard of English, the traditional English teaching methods - only focus on imparting knowledge of the language, ignore the pragmatic, no longer meet the needs of the community. However, to achieve the “Learning”, in English Teaching strengthen the cultural import is the key. in the introduction of English culture, English-speaking countries and the relevant comparison with the Chinese culture, which helps learners of English to understand and use, and promote student mastery of the language itself. 2, the relationship between language and culture Language as a specific manifestation of the external thinking, no doubt carries a lot of cultural information. Language is inextricably linked with culture, language is an integral part of culture, is also the culture of the carrier, is the development of a country or culture of the crystallized , the preservation of culture, plays an important role in the development and dissemination. And culture is the language of the culture dish, every language is the cultural environment in a p