The teaching materials further enrich the content of culture teaching, including our national culture, the culture of English-speaking countries and the culture of non-English-speaking countries. Through the study of cultural content, students will broaden their horizons, enrich their thoughts, be active in thinking and communicate appropriately. Language is an inseparable part of culture, and language has rich cultural connotations. Culture is "the sum of beliefs, ways of thinking, customs, behaviors and social habits owned by members of a particular society". The fundamental purpose of English teaching is to communicate with people from different cultural backgrounds, cultivate students' cultural awareness and promote students' cultural exchange. The culture of English-speaking countries is conducive to the understanding and application of English, to deepening the understanding and understanding of their own culture, and to the formation of cross-cultural communication ability. In the traditional foreign language teaching mode, simply instilling grammar knowledge can not effectively cultivate students' cultural awareness. Teachers should gradually expand the content and scope of cultural knowledge according to students' age characteristics and cognitive ability. "English Curriculum Standards" points out: "In the process of learning English, contact with and understanding of foreign cultures is conducive to understanding and using English, deepening the understanding and love of the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, accepting the influence of advanced culture belonging to all mankind, and cultivating international awareness. Therefore, in middle school English teaching, teachers must attach importance to cultural introduction, and strive to make students understand foreign cultures in the process of learning English and cultivate their awareness and ability of cultural communication. " In order to fully expand the scope of students' exposure to English-speaking cultures, various ways must be adopted.

1 Cultural comparison through English vocabulary.

Cultural differences between China and the West involve all aspects of language communication, such as greetings, compliments, thanks, apologies, euphemisms, taboos and even body language in daily meetings. Teachers should try their best to activate the contents of textbooks and make cultural comparisons. Westerners believe that in daily communication, it is an infringement to directly inquire about other people's economic income, age, religious and political beliefs, marital status, etc. Because those have nothing to do with the questioner. It is very wise to start a conversation with westerners by talking about the weather. Therefore, when teaching weather, teachers should consciously point out this cultural background and tell students that there are many ways to talk about weather.

It looks like a lovely day, doesn't it? It's a nice day today, isn't it?

It? Wait a minute. Whenever there are words with cultural connotations, the teacher will remind the students appropriately. China and westerners give animals and colors different cultural meanings. For example, in China, some people have heard that you are a lucky dog.

Dogs are sure to get angry, but in English, lucky dogs are "lucky" and "smart dogs" mean "smart people".

Dogs means "it's raining cats and dogs", and the English expression "Love me, love my house and my dog; ; The English expression "Everyone has his day" means that everyone has his day.

The first day. In the United States, dogs are extremely important to people as pets and are regarded as part of the family. "Red" symbolizes "joy, auspiciousness, jubilation and enthusiasm" in our China culture, which is a commendatory term, but it is "red" in English culture.

But it is associated with "danger, violence and bloodshed". Black tea is called "black tea" in English, not red.

Tea. The number "thirten13" is nothing in China, but it is an ominous symbol in western countries. The reason is that most people in the west believe in Christianity, and the appearance of the thirteenth man at the last supper betrayed Jesus and made him suffer, so 13.

It is considered as a symbol of bad luck. Generally speaking, there is no house number of 13 in western countries, and there is no floor of 13 in elevators. The ninth grade unit 10 supports you to shake it

Hands. Specially talked about the cultural etiquette when westerners meet, talked about the customs of different countries, and learned to respect others. Japanese and Koreans bow for the first time, Brazilians and Mexicans kiss for the first time, and Americans shake hands for the first time.

Hand, and we China people meet for the first time to "shake hands" in order to learn to respect different cultures and develop good behavior habits. table manners

Etiquette study, understand the table manners of different countries, and improve their own cultural literacy. Can understand the diets of different countries.

Habits, customs, improve the understanding of civilized life. Vocabulary contains rich cultural connotations. Therefore, in the process of English vocabulary teaching, teachers should not only teach students the correct pronunciation and meaning of English vocabulary, but also teach students the cultural meaning of vocabulary, so that students can fully grasp the cultural phenomenon that English vocabulary does not correspond to Chinese vocabulary, thus cultivating students' cross-cultural awareness.

Introduce background knowledge through festival culture.

Festival culture is a topic of interest to students. Teachers should skillfully use this topic to introduce relevant background knowledge and help students understand the important festivals and main celebration methods in English-speaking countries. For example, Unit 2, Grade 9, I think.

Moon cakes are delicious. It introduces the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival in China and Halloween in the West.

. This is a typical festival cultural unit. Christmas is a festival to celebrate the birth of Jesus on February 25th, 65438. The night of 65438+February 24th is called Christmas Eve.

Eve, this is a time for family reunion, dinner and gift exchange. Children are still waiting for Santa Claus.

Klaus gives presents to Christmas Eve. Easter is an important Christian festival to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus after his death. Easter symbolizes the rebirth of hope. For children, look for the Easter Bunny.

Hidden Easter eggs, Easter

Eggs are a traditional Easter activity. Halloween is a day to commemorate all saints. On Halloween, people often hang paper witches, black cats, ghosts or bones on the walls around the house, while grinning pumpkin lanterns are hung or placed in front of doors and windows. That night,

Adults also like to hold masquerade parties, and children will dress up beautifully and ask for candy from door to door in the community to play practical jokes or.

Trick or treat! Have fun in other ways. We can also learn about the traditional festivals in China, such as Dragon Boat Festival and Lantern Festival.

Festival. Unit 8 of the first volume of Grade 8 is devoted to Thanksgiving in the United States.

Thanksgiving Day in the United States is the fourth Thursday in June every year. In the traditional sense, it is an important festival for celebrating harvest and family reunion. Canada also has Thanksgiving Day, but it is on the second Monday of June 65438+ 10 every year. Teachers can introduce people's background knowledge such as where, when, why and how Thanksgiving is celebrated, and the main food of Thanksgiving-turkey. In addition, teachers can make full use of April Fool's Day.

April Fool's Day, Carnival, Father's Day and Mother's Day.

Japanese and other important festivals present students with rich and colorful background knowledge, so that students can truly and intuitively feel foreign cultures, which not only improves students' interest in learning English, but also enables students to immerse themselves in it and apply what they have learned.

3. Cultivate students' cultural awareness through reading class.

In the teaching process, junior high school English teachers should introduce the cultural background knowledge in reading materials to students, so that students can better understand the culture of the country. New target? Go ahead. Textbook Grade 8 Volume 1 Unit 5

Specifically, the word culture. One of the famous symbols of American culture is cartoon painting. This is a reading article, and students can get a good understanding of American cultural knowledge in the process of reading. Walter Disney Walter Disney,

Steamboat Willie Steamboat, Mickey Mouse, walk of fame

Avenue of stars. The new textbook has permeated more China culture. Read Will You?

Please is specifically about politeness and language, politeness in language, but China students often don't have the habit of asking people to do things in polite and euphemistic language, which doesn't conform to the basic rules of English conversation. Meizai

"Ordinary Things" incorporates the cultural elements of China: sky lanterns, paper-cutting, clay sculptures and clay figurines. sadder

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Beautiful reading articles for us to enjoy? Erquan reflects the moon? The classics of Chinese folk music are euphemistic and smooth, with ups and downs and profound artistic conception, which are sometimes like memories of beautiful scenery and sometimes like accusations against dark society, and have strong artistic appeal. In order to increase the interest of teaching and stimulate students' interest, teachers can use multimedia-assisted teaching to introduce new courses and present lively and influential materials to students. Then, teachers and students read together, so that teachers and students can participate in reading, ask questions and answer each other. In question and answer, teachers should be more sensitive to the differences between Chinese and western cultures, guide students to find and solve problems, deepen their understanding of reading materials, and cultivate students' cross-cultural awareness. After class, the teacher can also print several related articles for students to read to consolidate their knowledge.

Culture has nationality, uniqueness and variability, and cultural differences exist objectively. The cultural differences between English and Chinese are determined by the national cultural nature of the language. As an English teacher, we should especially integrate the corresponding cultural knowledge into language teaching, guide students to deepen their understanding and knowledge of English culture, and gradually cultivate students' cultural awareness on the basis of learning to use foreign languages, so as to truly improve students' English quality. At the same time, English teachers should also pay attention to the cultural information in the teaching content and introduce their cultural background to students.

Knowledge. Cultural English teaching can not only meet the needs of students in learning English, but also promote students' language use ability and communication ability, and give full play to the role of English teaching. Only by paying attention to cultivating students' cross-cultural awareness in the teaching process can we improve students' cross-cultural communication ability and promote their enthusiasm for learning English. In short, only in the teaching process, pay attention to the cultivation of students' cultural awareness, can improve students' intercultural communication ability and promote students' enthusiasm for learning English. Strengthen the cultivation of students' cross-cultural awareness, so that students can truly master English skillfully and accurately and improve their comprehensive quality.