Reflections On Cultural Introduction For ELT In Junior Middle School

In China, for a long time, in the process of teaching, particular stress has been put on developing students' linguistic competence, while little attention is paid to the introduction of socio-cultural knowledge of the target language. But language is not only a system of symbols but also a tool of communication in terms of its function.There is no doubt that, in this era, we interact with people of different cultural backgrounds much more frequently than before. The goal of foreign language teaching has focused on cultivating students' communicative competence. So Communicative Language Teaching has formally been recommended in the National Syllabus for middle schools in recent years. Therefore, culture introduction should be incorporated simultaneously in language teaching. Culture guidance should be integrated with language teaching in many aspects and at multiple levels so that learners' intercultural communicative skills can be enhanced.From the aspect of the interrelation and interaction between culture and communication, this paper goes through the impact by culture on the elements in intercultural communication process to explore the problem of cultivating intercultural communicative awareness in Junior Middle School English Teaching.This paper also discusses the necessity and the feasibility of cultural guidance in middle school English teaching. Based on some theories and teaching approaches, the author suggests some tasks-based teaching techniques, which might be helpful for the demand of more effective and practical English learning among adolescent learners.