CHINESE CULTURAL APHASIA IN CHINA’SCOLLEGE ENGLISH EDUCATION.doc

CHINESE CULTURAL APHASIA IN CHINA?SCOLLEGE ENGLISH EDUCATION Abstract:China develops rapidly, and more and more foreigners begin to learn Chinese and Chinese culture. When foreigners are curious to ask questions about Chinese culture, many Chinese find it difficult to express their thoughts accurately. Obviously, Chinese people know quite a lot about Chinese culture, but just fail to describe them in the English language. As educators, it is a great task to research this topic. Cong Cong, a Chinese professor, named this phenomenon Chinese cultural aphasia in 2000. Educators or researchers should think about what causes this phenomenon and what educators can do to help students counter it. In order to find to what extent Chinese cultural aphasia exists especially in Yiwu. An investigation is made. Key words:cultural aphasia; English education; China; questionnaire 摘要：中国的迅猛发展吸引了越来越多的外国人学习汉语与中国文化，但是当被问及中国文化时，很多人觉得无法用英语准确顺畅地表达出来出来。显然，中国人对中国文化相当熟悉，但是用英语表达时，却困难重重。这是一个很值得教育者去探讨研究的课题。2000年，从丛教授称这种现象为“中国失语失语”。教育者和研究者都该深思这种现象产生的缘由，以及该如何帮助学生去克服这种现象。为了了解中国文化的失语程度，特别是在义乌这个多元文化环境中，进行问卷调查研究是一种必要的手段。 关键词:文化失语；英语教育；中国；问卷调查 1. Introduction Language describes loads and symbols culture. Language and culture cannot be divided. (Kramsch C, 1993) As is said by Newmark (1988), culture is the life style and its reflections of the community who share a particular language. Culture has a very close relationship with language. It is now widely acknowledged that western culture should be concerned during the course of English language teaching. At present, western culture is a focus of attention. Students learn the language as well as the culture. English learners are increasing throughout the world. English language has become a global language. Therefore, English is not necessarily related with cultures of English-speaking countries. Native culture is what people express in English language. English language loads the cultures of learners? own countries, despite the native langu