1, useless psychology
Most secondary vocational school students think that they have nothing to learn, and they can find a job after three years of study, and they don't need English. Some people think that English has little to do with specialized courses, so just learn specialized courses well.
2. Fear of difficulties
Most students' basic knowledge, such as pronunciation, basic vocabulary, basic grammar, etc., have not reached their due level, so they are afraid of difficulties and cannot study well.
3. rebellious psychology
Because something didn't get the understanding and support of classmates, especially the sympathy, care and encouragement of teachers, they had a "rebellious" mood towards teachers, and instead they had a "bad feeling" towards learning and gave up learning.
Therefore, cultural indoctrination should be done well in classroom teaching.
1. Discuss the teaching materials carefully and explore cultural information.
At present, The Comprehensive Course of Applied English newly compiled by Higher Education Press has been widely used in secondary vocational schools. Teachers can separate the teaching materials and introduce the cultural background knowledge of Britain and America, such as history, astronomy, customs, nationalities, religions, eating habits and so on. Let students fully understand and know Britain and America. For example, Unit 7 of Book 1 introduces western festivals, especially Christmas. Teachers can use this as a starting point, and www.bfblw.com and the paper network system can explain the origins, customs and other festivals related to religion, as well as the influence of religion on daily life in western countries.
2. Strengthen the comparison between Chinese and Western cultures.
Due to the differences in history, astronomy and beliefs between China and English-speaking countries, people have different understandings of things and customs. For example, westerners' views on time and money are linked together. They cherish time very much, often make careful arrangements and plans for time in their lives, and form a good habit of keeping appointments on time. In the west, if you want to visit someone, you must notify or agree in advance, and make clear the purpose, time and place of the visit, and you can stop before agreeing; China people, on the other hand, belong to a country with multi-directional time habits, and they have great arbitrariness in the use of time.
3. Infiltrate cultural information in vocabulary and grammar teaching.
Vocabulary is the most active component in speech and the most culturally loaded part. Therefore, attention should be paid to introducing the cultural significance of English vocabulary in normal teaching. Many words come from myths, fables, legends or allusions. Knowing these cultural knowledge will help students to be infected and edified in a subtle way, so that their quality, knowledge and talents can be improved rapidly, and help students understand and use English words.
4. Expand access to cultural information.
Teachers should not only impart the basic knowledge of language in class, but also instruct students to read western English literature, newspapers, magazines and current situation reviews in their spare time, from which they can learn cultural knowledge, increase their cultural literacy, broaden their western cultural horizons and improve their cross-cultural communication ability. Books, songs, movies, etc. It is the expression of culture in different aspects, especially movies. This is not only because the content of the film itself is the epitome of a certain culture, but also because watching the actors in the film can let students know and learn many methods and skills of nonverbal communication.