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How to introduce Chinese culture in English Teaching
作者:李解人
来源:《校园英语·下旬》2014年第07期
【Abstract】Chinese traditional culture is the root and soul of our nation, in the process of English learning, teachers and students should try to do something for the spread of Chinese culture. If we can realize the importance of introducing native culture in English teaching, revise syllabus,reform the examination system, improve the quality of teachers and teaching methods, we can combine Chinese traditional culture with university English teaching better.
【Keywords】Traditional Chinese Culture; University English; Teaching
In December 14, 2013 ,the College English Test (CET) Bands 4 and 6 were held in China. In the examination ,the biggest challenge for students was the translation part. In this part the sentences translation has been changed into paragraph translation, this paragraph translation involved China history, culture, economy, social development and so on. Some phrases ,such as "four great inventions", "Chinese garden", "silk Road" let the examinees distraught. Lots of examinees said they had to give up. In the survey of which one is the most difficult , "the silk road" won the first place. After the examination ,some students in the message said, "I really don't know how to write the word compass ,so I write GPS", "I translated the powder directly into TNT",some students even translated "the four great inventions" into "star farming". In fact, these are not very difficult task. The students can't translate these famous Chinese phrases shows the sorrow of our English education, students know foreign things but don't know how to introduce Chinese things to the foreign people. Nowadays college students in China spend lots of time in learning English ,but in the process of learning English, they should also establish intercultural learning consciousness and try to do something to spread Chinese culture. This is not a simple teaching method problem, but also a big problem relates to the reform of teaching concept and teaching content.
1.the current situation of Chinese traditional culture in English Teaching in University
A few years ago, such kind of speech was reported in the newspaper: "Nowadays some students don't know King Yu combating the flood story, but know American president the cherry tree story; don't know Chinese nine chapter arithmetic, but know the renaissance". These remarks reflect that English is eroding the enthusiasm of Chinese students to learn Chinese culture seriously and call for English learning return to its original position. Indeed, the internationalization of English brings some problems. On the one hand ,English make it easier for people all over the world to communicate and exchange ideas , on the other hand it also become a threat and challenge to the other nation's language and culture. The process of English learning should be two-way