scholarly journals A Study of Chinese Culture Aphasia in College English Teaching in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 309
Author(s):  
Jie Song ◽  
Lin Bai
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Target Language ◽  
College English ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Effective Teaching Strategies ◽  
Culture Teaching ◽  
Feasible Solutions

The relationship between language and culture make culture teaching enter into FLE that cultural understanding of the target language is indispensable. But much emphasis on western culture led to Chinese culture aphasia among Chinese English learners. Consequently, an investigation is conducted in this paper to check whether the phenomenon exists; and if so, to test the extent, reasons and feasible solutions of students’ aphasia of Chinese culture. The results demonstrate the tested college students master the Chinese culture well, but have difficulties in translating them into English and some college English teachers are not proficient in translating sentences containing Chinese culture into English. Chinese Culture Aphasia is due mainly to lacking of Chinese culture in college English teaching class. Based on analyzing results of the investigation and summarizing scholars’ teaching strategies, the author claims the incorporation of Chinese culture into college English teaching adhering to certain principles, effective teaching strategies including preparing reasonable syllabus and improving teachers’ comprehensive qualities.

scholarly journals College English Teaching Design and Practice Based on Cross-cultural Theory

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (08) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Zhao ◽  
Shuang Gu ◽  
Shanshan Yu ◽  
Mingli Gao
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
College English ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Teaching Content ◽  
Education Theory ◽  
Culture Teaching

The theoretical bases for the thesis are cross-cultural foreign language education theory, systemic education theory and multimedia-assisted English teaching theory. At first, the thesis summarizes and analyzes every unit involving cultural knowledge in College English textbook Oxford English used in Shanghai at present, demonstrating the feasibility of culture teaching in the elementary stage of College English. Then based on systemic teaching theories, the thesis analyzes teaching aim, teaching demand, teaching environment, teaching content, teaching strategies, evaluative strategies and implementation of culture teaching. Next, the thesis designs specific courses to match daily teaching activities by way of collecting culture teaching materials, designing culture teaching content and relevant teaching strategies. When designing specific courses, I take advice from experts and teachers on the front, develop three teaching cases and use courseware for teaching practice.

Cross-Cultural Awareness in College English Teaching

2014 ◽  
Vol 599-601 ◽  
pp. 2011-2013
Author(s):  
Bin Liang
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
College English ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Cultural Connotation ◽  
Culture Teaching ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Relationship

the language has the rich cultural connotation, the relationship between language and culture closely. In the process of college English teaching, we should not only focus on language knowledge teaching and language skills training, and to conduct culture teaching, cultivate students' cross-cultural awareness, improve the students' intercultural communicative competence. The article first introduces the definition of culture and cultural awareness and the relationship between language and culture, and then focus on the content and goal of culture teaching, and the ways to cultivate cross-cultural consciousness and methods, etc.

scholarly journals Teaching Design of English Picture Book for Primary Schools Based on Performance Culture Teaching Method-Taking the Story Time in Unit 1 of the Third Grade of the PEP Version as an Example

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 203
Author(s):  
Yuan Dandan
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Third Grade ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Performance Culture ◽  
The Third ◽  
Teaching Design ◽  
Culture Teaching

<p>The performance culture teaching method was first proposed by the American Sinologist Wu Weike. It is a teaching method to learn a second language through the comprehension and practice of the target language. It focuses on culture and practice. The learner presents the story in a rehearsal manner in the context of the target language culture. Picture book teaching is a popular teaching method for primary school English teachers at this stage. Its novel feature of moving from outside class to classroom makes it an indispensable teaching method in primary school English teaching. This article takes the PEP version of the third grade English textbook as an example for teaching design and integrates the performance culture teaching method with the picture book teaching in the primary school English classroom teaching. The focus of research in teaching design is teaching implementation, that is, the application of performance methods in primary school English classrooms. This teaching design combines picture book teaching and performance culture teaching methods to promote primary school English teaching.</p>

Research on the Phenomenon of “Chinese Culture Aphasia” among the College Students in China—Based on a Survey Study of Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 301
Author(s):  
Yan Wu
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Test Paper ◽  
Humanistic Education ◽  
College English ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Cultural Teaching ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Whole Person Education

In an era of globalization, our societies have become increasingly multicultural. And along with the deepening reform of college English teaching in China, cultural teaching plays a more important role in the cultivation of students’ humanistic qualities. A questionnaire and a cultural test paper were conducted to investigate the phenomenon of the “Chinese Culture Aphasia” of college English teaching in Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University. According to analyses of the research, English teachers of our university have tried to study its causes and explore the ways to integrate Chinese culture into English teaching to fully promote students’ humanistic qualities. In the process of teaching, the language skills teaching and the humanistic education will be united to cultivate students’ cultural critical thinking, to develop their international cultural horizons, to realize the curriculum ideology of the “whole-person education” in English teaching.

scholarly journals On Culture Infiltration and the Strategy Integrated with Specialty Characteristics in College English Teaching

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Juan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
College English ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Native Culture ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Basic Language ◽  
Culture Teaching ◽  
Major Carrier

Language is an indispensable part of culture, and it is also a major carrier and medium of culture communication and transmission. Learning a foreign language means not only learning basic language knowledge, training and improving the ability of listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating, but enriching the cross-cultural awareness, cultivating cross-cultural communication competence and making the voice of native culture to communicate with the outside world. Thus, more and more educators and teachers at home and aboard have come to realize the importance of culture teaching in language learning. This paper focuses on inputting culture teaching in College English teaching integrated with specialty characteristics. The importance of culture teaching in college English teaching is analyzed and emphasized and several inspirational and referential strategies of culture teaching integrated with specialty characteristics are also provided.

Monitoring System Construction of Autonomous Learning for College English Based on IT

2014 ◽  
Vol 945-949 ◽  
pp. 3554-3557
Author(s):  
Kun Wang ◽  
Yi Yang
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring System ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Autonomous Learning ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
System Construction ◽  
College English ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Dynamic Development ◽  
External Monitoring

This paper aims to explore the construction of monitoring system of autonomous learning for college English. Dynamic development of autonomous learning was explained briefly. It also discussed connotation and features of the monitoring of autonomous learning. Finally, the monitoring system of autonomous learning was created after analyzing the current situation of students’ autonomous learning activities. It points out that interaction between inner and external monitoring system is beneficial to the progress for English learners; Joint efforts of all of the elements in the system contribute to the efficiency of college English teaching.

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