On the cultural background knowledge in the importance of English teaching.docVIP

On the cultural background knowledge in the importance of English teaching Paper Keywords: cultural background of English teaching Abstract: language actually has two rules, one structural, the second is in the use of. This article from the use of that language use is appropriate, whether to use the language of the country’s cultural point of view expounded in English Teaching is an important factor can not be ignored, namely, the understanding of cultural background knowledge and learning. Many people believe that when the English reached a certain level, the master of the accurate speech, learning a large vocabulary and have a more complete knowledge of grammar, the even learn a foreign language, so that it can accurately express his own ideas, with foreign exchange freely. And is not the case. For example: In the “reading comprehension”, all words have been aware of but can not understand the true meaning of the article in the “language”, the article’s language structure is nothing wrong, but it is in authentic Road “Chinese English” and so on. cause the direct cause of these problems is that students lack the understanding of Western culture, there is a result of language, ethnicity, cultural traditions and different ways of thinking and other communication barriers caused by language. There is no doubt that mastery of basic language skills is necessary, but we should also understand that the purpose of learning a language, after all, not for memorizing vocabulary and grammar rules. Language is a tool of communication, it is the main purpose of learning a language is communication. So, to some extent, the strength of communicative competence has become the yardstick to measure the level of English. so in their daily teaching activities, students communicative competence should be given enough attention, so that students learn the language of the country an understanding of culture, according to topic, context, and cultural background in order to