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ResearchProposalTheTeachingofCultureintheEnglishLanguageEducationByBaiYazheI.IntroductionInteachingEnglishasaforeignlanguage,theimportanceofteachingculturehasbeenwidelyrecognized.Howeverhowtoteachcultureinforeignlanguageeducationisaproblemfacedbylanguageeducatorsallovertheworld.InthepresentthesisconcerninglinguistictheoriesandvariouswaysofteachingforeigncultureintheEnglishclassroomwillbesurveyedandstudiedinthelightofChinesesituation.ThepresentthesisstressesthatcultureteachingisveryessentialintheEnglishlanguageeducation.TheteachingoflanguageandtheteachingofcultureareofthesameimportanceintheEnglishclassroom.Languageandculturearecloselyrelated.Inforeignlanguageeducation,thedefinitionofcultureteachingshouldincludeallthehumanachievementsofcivilizationandthewaysoflifeandthedifferenthabitsofpeople.Culturedifferencesarereflectedinlanguagesandcommunicativeactivities.Furthermoreitmakesgreatdifferenceincommunicationwhetherlearnerscanunderstandorknowtheculturaldifferences,culturalrules,andeventheculturaltaboos.However,intraditionalapproachestolanguageteaching,theaimsofalanguageteachingcourseareveryoftendefinedwithreferencetothefourlanguageskills:understandingspeech,speaking,readingandwriting.Cultureteachingisnottakensoimportantateachingtargetastheabovementionedlanguageskills.Becauseofthelackofculturalknowledge,studentsoftenmakeculturalmistakeswhentheycommunicatewithnativespeakers.FromyearsofmyexperienceinteachingEnglish,IgraduallyrealizetheimportanceofcultureteachingtoChinesestudents.Englishteachingshouldbeaimedatdevelopingstudents’communicativecompetencesothattheywouldbeabletoreactfreelyandproperwithnativespeakersofEnglishinvarioussocialsituations.Languageshouldbetaughtinculture.Thetwoareofthesameimportance.II.Outline2.1TheBackgroundTheoriesInthispartIwilldescribethetheoriesofcommunicativecompetencebyD.HymesandM,A.K.Halliday,whichhaveledtoachangeoffocusinEnglishteaching.Thetheoriesshowustheimportanceofcultureteachingandthatlanguageandcultureareintertwined,thatitisnotpossibletoteachaforeignlanguagewithoutteachingitsculture.2.2TheRelationshipBetweenLanguageandCultureIwilldiscusstherelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureinthispart.Whatisculture?Whatislanguage?Istherediversityamongcultures?Howdolanguageandcultureinteract?2.3CulturalGoalsInthispart,IwilldiscusstheculturalgoalsforChinesestudents.Someadvantagewillpossiblybeshowninthisstudy.2.4TeachingCultureintheEnglishClassroomInthispart,IwilldiscussthecontentandmethodsofteachingcultureintheEnglishclassroom.2.5ConclusionFromtheaboveresearchwecannaturallycometotheconclusionthatonlybyapplyingmehodsenhancingtransculturalcommunicationsandconductingresearchintoEnglishteachingmethodologycanwegreatlystimulatethereformanddevelopmentofEnglishteaching.References[1]Baugh,JohnandJoelSherzer.LanguageinUse[M].NewJersey:Prentice-Hall,Inc.,1984[2]Deng,YanchangandLiuRunqing,LanguageandCulture[M].Beijing:ForeignLanguageEducationandResearchPress,1989[3]Ervin-Tripp,SusanM.LanguageAcquisitionandCommuicativeChoice[M].Standford:StandfordUniversityPress,1973[4]Halliday,M.A.K.LearningHowtoMean[M]..NewYork:Elsevier,1977[5]HuZhuanglinLiuRunqingandLiYanfu.Linguistics:ACourseBook[M].Beijing:BeijingUniversityPress,1988[6]Hu,WenZhong.CultureandLiterature[J].ForeignLanguageTeachingandResearch,1994(1)[7]Hudson,R.A.Sociolinguistics[M].London:CambridgeUniversityPress.1997[8]Katan,David.TranslatingCultures[M].Manchester:StJeromePublishing,1999[9]Qin,Xiubai.EFLLearningandCultureAcquisition[A].InterculturalCommunication,Shanghai:ShanghaiTranslatingPress,1988[10]Stern,H,H,IssuesandOptionsinLanguageTeaching[M].Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,1992[11]Wu,Bing.ChineseTeachers’RoleintheTeachingofAmericanLiterature[J].ForeignLanguageTeachingandResearch,1994(4)[12]Yalden,Janice.PrinciplesofCourseDesignforLanguageTeaching[M].Shanghai:ForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPress,2000[13]Yule,George.TheStudyofLanguage[M].Shanghai:ForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPress,2000[14]Zhu,Weifeng.ASurveyonCulturalDifferences[J].ForeignLanguageTeachingandResearch,1997(5)[15]胡文仲.《跨文化交际学根本论》.北京:外语教学与研究出版社,1999[16]谭丽.论我国小学英语文化教学[D].山东师范大学,2004