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A Comparative Study of English and Chinese language and culture in the English textbooks

Author: AiHui
Tutor: SunFeng
School: Shaanxi Normal University
Course: Principles of Education
Keywords: English and Chinese language and culture comparison Comparative analysis English textbooks
CLC: G633.41
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2011
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Abstract

With the gradual expansion of the impact of globalization of the world economy, the Earth has been reduced to a global village, prompting countries around the world have become increasingly frequent exchanges, especially the exchange of national culture reached an unprecedented event in the cultural exchange, our national culture needs to spread to the world more urgent. This also determines the characteristics of the times - English textbooks the design also must select a diverse ethnic culture, in particular, is to strengthen the analysis of the national culture and exotic cultural differences, to avoid a single national culture orientation important tool for learning English. The comparison is an important way of understanding the world, is also one of the basic methods of language study. English textbooks penetration of English and Chinese language and culture comparison it is an effective way to give full play to the textbooks and cultural features and important method. Foreign language learning seems little learning and their own culture, it is not true. China promulgated in 2001, \Language and culture are inseparable, the language has a rich cultural connotations; factors there are many cross-cultural communication in the English learning Chinese language and culture has a number of explicit and implicit differences, these factors and differences largely affect learning and use of English. Visible learning of their culture and language learning are closely related, in textbooks emphasized the cultural contrast the content beneficial foreign language learning. Its significance not only to learn their culture can have a deeper understanding of foreign cultures; reflected not only can improve their own culture's ability to identify, appreciate exotic cultural comparison more accurate, more profound understanding of the two cultures, similarities and differences, and thus can improve the sensitivity of their culture, to deepen understanding and awareness of their culture; culture based on deep understanding of their own culture on the basis of the spirit of patriotism. As the theoretical basis of the thesis in English and Chinese language and culture comparison to select junior middle PEP English textbooks for the analysis of text, to explore the cultural contrast content may be related to the English-Chinese English textbooks compiled, trying to put forward a sound program for English teaching materials compiled. In this thesis, a total of five parts. The first chapter is the introduction part of the article. Why the topic of this paper, the cultural contrast and foreign language teaching materials related research at home and abroad. This paper briefly discusses the research method and research ideas. Several important concepts outlined in Chapter II part, described in this paper: the relationship between language and culture, English textbooks cultural orientation. Chapters III and IV of the main part of the article, comparative analysis from the micro and macro two major aspects of the English and Chinese language and culture differences, and PEP English textbooks \Microscopic part of the cultural differences between the main choice of English and Chinese language differences, differences in vocabulary level and customs and cultural level of two parts; macro-level analysis mainly from the two major analysis of the Western different way of thinking and a different way of communication. The fifth chapter is the concluding part of the article, the first part of which are summarized the cultural contrast the contents of the junior middle school English textbook selection Deviation of the problem, in English and Chinese cultural contrast weak awareness of such issues; second part focused on the problem of showing put forward three proposals, respectively, from the set of compilers awareness of cultural contrast, follow the import textbooks culture into three aspects of flexible principles and cultural import process method analysis.

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