The Research On The Cultural Barriers Existing In French's Chinese Study

With China's upgrowth and growing increase in China's comprehensive national strength, China has an internationally increasing influence, and has improved its status and foundation of language in the international communication, which has presented new language trends in the world. Chinese international popularization has become the important way to improve China's soft power and transmit Chinese culture. In order to do that, we not only need to solve the barriers of language itself, but also need to handle cultural barriers which were caused by cultural differences. Based on the basic point of cultural barriers existing in French's Chinese study, this article mainly investigates and analyzes cultural barriers of Chinese teaching to French, and finally provides some related solutions.The thesis includes five chapters: Chapter two, three and four are the most important chapters.Chapter one elaborates the background and significance of study, analyzes the recent states of Chinese teaching in France, the main research production concerning different cultural contrast as well as cultural barriers between china and France, and illustrates the method, purpose and meaning of study.Chapter two elaborates the main cultural difference between China and France. Then it systematically analyzes the obvious difference between Chinese culture and France culture, which consists two kinds and six aspects: the difference of cultural value system and the difference of value system about behavior pattern, including the difference of philosophy, difference of religion, difference of aethestic standard, difference of social norm, difference of national character, difference of national style. All of these cultural differences provide the theory and foundation for the study about the cultural barriers of French's Chinese learning.Chapter three elaborates the analysis of cultural barriers about French's Chinese study. This article elaborates their influences on French's Chinese study, and especially elaborates France is seen as the typical country of western country in culture, then its superiority complex and the protectionism of language cultural policy bring both psychology as well as policy barriers and difficulties to French when Frenchmen learn Chinese. Chapter four elaborates the resolution of cultural barriers. The resolution of cultural barriers can be divided into three aspects: policy, psychology and teaching aspects. First of all, promote Chinese teaching in France through the agreement between two governments and expand Chinese impact in France through Confucius institute. Next, shape a good and healthy country image and increase cultural input and enhance cultural understanding, such as to input the root of Chinese traditional culture, to input the source of Chinese traditional culture, to input the important cultural content of Chinese books. Finally, offer special culture course and lead French students to visit and experience China.Chapter five draws the final conclusion, such as the summary and retrospection, the innovation view, limitation of study and advice to further study.