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Research?Proposal The?Teaching?of?Culture?in?the?English?Language?Education By? Bai Yazhe ?I.?Introduction? In?teaching?English?as?a?foreign?language,the?importance?of?teaching?culture?has?been?widely?recognized.? However?how?to?teach?culture?in?foreign?language?education?is?a?problem?faced?by?language?educators?all?over?the?world.?In?the?present?thesis?concerning?linguistic?theories?and?various?ways?of?teaching?foreign?culture?in?the?English?classroom?will?be?surveyed?and?studied?in?the?light?of?Chinese?situation.?The?present?thesis?stresses?that?culture?teaching?is?very?essential?in?the?English?language?education.?The?teaching?of?language?and?the?teaching?of?culture?are?of?the?same?importance?in?the?English?classroom.?? Language?and?culture?are?closely?related.?In?foreign?language?education,?the?definition?of?culture?teaching?should?include?all?the?human?achievements?of?civilization?and?the?ways?of?life?and?the?different?habits?of?people.?Culture?differences?are?reflected?in?languages?and?communicative?activities.?Furthermore?it?makes?great?difference?in?communication?whether?learners?can?understand?or?know?the?cultural?differences,?cultural?rules,?and?even?the?cultural?taboos.?? However,?in?traditional?approaches?to?language?teaching,the?aims?of?a?language?teaching?course?are?very?often?defined?with?reference?to?the?four??language?skills?:?understanding?speech,?speaking,?reading?and?writing.?Culture?teaching?is?not?taken?so?important?a?teaching?target?as?the?above?mentioned?language?skills.?Because?of?the?lack?of?cultural?knowledge,?students?often?make?cultural?mistakes?when?they?communicate?with?native?speakers.? From?years?of?my?experience?in?teaching?English,?I?gradually?realize?the?importance?of?culture?teaching?to?Chinese?students.?English?teaching?should?be?aimed?at?developing?students’?communicative?competence?so?that?they?would?be?able?to?react?freely?and?proper?with?native?speakers?of?English?in?various?social?situations.?Language?should?be?taught?in?cul