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Research On The Learning Of English Culturally-loaded Words & Expressions

Posted on:2005-02-15Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H Y GuoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360122996698Subject:Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
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Culturally-loaded words & expressions are loaded with specific national cultural information and can best reflect cultural differences between different nations. To most Chinese learners of English, the cultural connotations loaded in such words & expressions more often than not become the barriers of appropriately understanding English. This thesis is to study the current situation of mastery of English culturally-loaded words & expressions among Chinese college students. The author carried out a test on the understanding of English culturally-loaded words & expressions among English majors and non-English majors from Dalian Maritime University. Besides, two questionnaires are made among those students and English teachers respectively. With the help of SPSS and Microsoft Excel, the author makes statistics on the data collected from the test and questionnaires, Discussions aiming at the problems found in the test are made on the basis of the results of the questionnaires.The findings of this thesis indicate that there are many unexpected problems in the understanding and learning of English culturally-loaded words & expressions among Chinese college students. They do not truly master the cultural connotation load in these words & expressions and tend to confuse them with their Chinese equivalents. This depressing phenomenon results from two factors. One is that English teachers do not pay due attention to the introduction of cultural differences in vocabulary in their teaching practice, and the other is that the students themselves have not developed effective learning methods. The research findings reveal that positive correlation exists between one's cultural competence and language competence. Therefore, the importance of cultural introduction in English teaching is reconfirmed in the research.
Keywords/Search Tags:Culturally-loaded Words & Expressions, Cultural Differences, Cultural Introduction, Cultural Competence
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