An Analysis of Second Cultural Introduction for Non-English Majors Based on Intercultural Communication

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10.2991/isss-17.2017.48How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Language and Culture, Cultural Introduction, Interculture, College English Teaching.

Abstract

Under the background of globalization, intercultural communication has penetrated into our lives. More and more scholars have begun to pay attention to the research and application of intercultural communication and its related fields. This paper, based on the study of the relationship between language and culture, will analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the introduction of the second culture. What are the problems of cultural introduction? How should we do to solve them? To thoroughly answer the question, this study conducted a questionnaire survey to 200 Non-English Majors of Wuhan University of Technology. The data obtained in the survey can reflect the Non-English Majors' attitudes toward English culture and Chinese culture. Finally, the paper will analyzes the main reasons and give several suggestions related to the introduction of culture into college English teaching in China.

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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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