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foreign language, only pay attention to the language the meaning of the surface, while ignoring the underlying cultural factors that can cause misunderstandings and contradictions, and even cause conflict. By the grammar, vocabulary, etc. caused by errors, can be forgiven and accepted, but if the violation of the pragmatic rules, questions and snooping each other's privacy, such as age, income, etc., is likely to lead to the other side of the offensive, and even damage the relationship with each other .
Learning the target language and cultural background knowledge is the need for classroom teaching. English language teaching in the past, will focus on teaching grammar and sentence drills, and sentence patterns are mostly: "What's your name? How old are you?" And so on.This completely divorced from the cultural background of the written exercises, even if the students turn out to be memorized, in practice will encounter problems, such as the Chinese people on the road meet, greet each other, to where? Gansha go? If we encounter such foreign friends ask, it will cause resentment and dissatisfaction of the other party that you are interfering with his privacy. Therefore, from the cultural background, ignoring the target language culture and national identity, will enable students to model their lifestyle and culture up to apply to the language learning of students of communicative ability is less effective. LR Pa Melbourne linguist said: "language faithfully reflects its games and entertainment, a variety of beliefs and prejudices." To train students to use foreign languages, first of all to make them acquire the basic knowledge of the target culture, Attention to Cultural Differences. Thus, in teaching to note the following:
1. Different values
China's traditional values, family line is the most important thing in life. Foster parents, child now has even more talent as their only goal in life, for children, completely abandoned his ideals and the pursuit of that child left home to study, could not bear the loss of a sense of empty nest, follow the children to read along with foreign land, completely lost their identity, and become dependent for their children and live goods. The American parents believe that their child is just part of life, they will not give up his pursuit of the child. Problems in the education of their children, they let their children act independently. Therefore, develop independent habits of American children at an early age, advocating personal struggle, dependent on their parents by their stigma. Chinese people say things secure in the stability and development, while the Americans are advocating is the innovation. If students view the classroom which came a spark of innovation, will be taught immediately treat the other eye, much appreciated.
2. The meaning of different words
Vocabulary, including its figurative meaning, style and emotional and so on. For foreign language students, not only to grasp the literal meaning of the word, but also understand the cultural meaning of the word, otherwise, would be guilty of a serious pragmatic errors. Good words when verbal abuse will to ridicule as praise, misunderstanding in communication. Such as the peasant word in Chinese is "peasant" means. Common in primary and secondary school textbooks "My father is a peasant." The sentence, but "peasant" word, the