Abstract
Language is the most important part of one culture, which in turn deeply affects language. One culture is greatly different from another, although there are some characteristic commonly shared by different cultures. Learning another language, the culture cannot be neglected, actually culture is one of the most important factor need to be paid attention to. Oral English teaching also need to consider the cultural difference. With the differences understood by students, it will help both the teacher and the students to do better in teaching activity.
As is known to us, most of education is completed at school. But in the past, and even at present, most oral English teachers still put their attention mainly on the developent of students’ linguistic competence, such as pronunciation, sentence structures, etc. Most teaching methods adopted in oral English class are: read the text aloud, listen to the tape and imitate, do pattern drills, or recite the sentences, and so on. The result of such teaching methods is that students lose their interest in oral English and think it is useless.
Nowadays, people from different parts of the world interact with each other even more frequently than before. The English language teaching should meet the needs of the society and the development of economy. But most of us are weak in oral English, we can’t communicate with foreigners properly and smoothly. Therefore, the goal of oral English teaching should be to enhance students’ cross-cultural understanding and cross-cultural communication. All of us must notice the inseparable relationship between language and culture, which is a key point to help us learn oral English well.
Keywords: oral English teaching, cultural difference
Contents
Abstract 3
Contents 4
1. Language and culture 5
1.1 Definition of culture 5
1.2 Definition of language 5
1.3 Relationship between Culture and Language 6
2. Cultural differences and influences 7
2.1 Description of cultural differences 7
2.1.1 The naturalness of speaking 7
2.1.2 Style of expression 8
2.1.3 Clarity of expression 8
2.1.4 Accuracy of information 8
2.2 How cultural differences affects everyone 8
2.3 Culture on Oral languages 8
2.4 Cultural differences between West and China 9
2.4.1 Geographic different 9
2.4.2 History 9
2.4.3 Religion 9
2.4.4 Value 9
3. Methods recommended on oral English teaching 11
3.1 Recognize the importance of learning oral English 11
3.2 Introduce interesting materials to students 11
3.3 Encourage students to use English to communicate 12
3.4 Initiate topics for students to discuss 12
3.5 Followup progress of students 12
3.6 Visual aid 13
4. Conclusion 14
References 15
