On the Importance of Cultural Input in English Teaching 英语(毕业论文).docVIP

On the Importance of Cultural Input in English Teaching 　　Abstract： English as a foreign language has been a subject in middle school of China for years. Teachers and educators generation by generation have been trying to find an optimal method of teaching foreign language to help students master it better. After unceasing exploring， traditional teaching pattern has been improved and new teaching approaches appear such as Task-based language teaching and communicative language teaching. However， whatever teaching methods English teachers use in the class， they should not ignore the cultural input in English teaching. The successful and efficient English teaching should transform the single language teaching into the combination of language teaching and cultural teaching. The thesis is concerned with the significance of culture in English teaching. More specifically， some consideration will be given to the reasons and ways of teaching culture. 　　Key words： English teaching； cultural input； teaching pattern； communicative language teaching 　　Ⅰ. Introduction 　　With the fast economic development and China’s entry into WTO， cross-cultural communication is expected more widely to meet actual needs of social development. For example， during cross-cultural negotiation， the culture difference is the crucial obstruction. Different negotiation ways are produced by different cultures. Negotiators should adjust their strategies according to the other party. So nowadays to cultivate talents with cross-cultural communicative ability has been a task of education. 　　In the traditional teaching atmosphere， a student who stores hundreds of thousands of words and even speak English fluently will fail in cross-cultural communication because of lack of related culture of the target country. People can speak English but cannot use it to a right person in an appropriate situation and in a proper time， which is the consequence of neglecting the importance of cult