Main factors of Cultural Differences in Foreign Language Learning
Abstract
Language and culture are tightly integrated and they evolve together and interact with each other. With the development of sociology, psycholinguistics and anthropology, more and more people come to realize the importance of cultural factors in language communication. Owing to the inseparable relationship between language and culture, learning a foreign language will inevitably involve learning the target culture.
This thesis analyzes the influence of cultural differences on foreign language learning and gives some advice to foreign language learner about what to learn and how to learn about target culture. The aim is to promote their cultural awareness and mutual understanding in cross-cultural communication and speed up the process of foreign language learning. The thesis consists of four parts. The first part is a brief introduction and the definition of culture and the relationship between culture and language. The second part is about what to learn about culture. This part includes three points e.g. learning factors affecting cultural differences, learning cultural differences in communicative system and learning cultural difference in vocabulary. The third part provides some strategies for foreign language learner to learn target cultures. The last part is a conclusion, which put emphasis again on the importance of cultural awareness in foreign language learning.
Key Words: cultural differences; foreign language learning; target language;
influence
摘 要
語言和文化緊密聯繫，互爲表裏，相互作用。隨着全球經濟，科學技術，社會學，人類學的快速發展，越來越多的人意識到語言交際中文化因素的重要性。語言與文化的不可分割性，學習1種語言意味着也要學習目的語言的文化。本文分析了文化差異對外語學習的影響，並提出了關於學些什麼的建議以及如何學習文化的對策。目的旨在提高外語學習者的文化意識以及在跨文化交際中的理解能力，加快外語學習的速度。本文包括5個部分。第1部分是1個簡短的介紹並就文化的定義及其與語言的.關係做了闡述。第2部分包括3個方面的內容，即：影響文化差異的因素；交際方面的文化差異；詞彙方面的文化差異。第3部分給出了1些關於怎樣學習目的語文化的對策。最後的總結再1次強調外語學習中文化意識的重要性。
關鍵詞：文化差異、外語學習、目的語言、影響
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