Cultural Differences between China and the West and Its Enlightenments to the College English Teaching

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10.2991/icemct-17.2017.322How to use a DOI?

Keywords

China and the West; cultural differences; college English teaching; enlightenment

Abstract

Language and culture are interdependent and interact with each other. Only when we fully understand the culture represented by the language, can we master the language better. The differences between Chinese and Western cultures are reflected in the ways of thinking, value orientation, ethics and behavior, and so on, which have an impact on College English Teaching in listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation. The results of previous studies, from the differences between Chinese and Western culture is proposed for College English teaching are as follows: the textbooks in cultural phenomenon, pay attention to cultural differences; understand the historical development of the English language, improve cultural accomplishment; change the concept of teaching, encourage students to increase the amount of reading; cultural penetration, cross culture ability; The use of comparative teaching methods to enhance students' understanding of cultural differences; the use of cultural teaching methods to enhance cultural differences.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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