Culture Introduction In English Teaching Of Senior School Under The Instructions Of The New Curriculum Standard

This paper mainly focuses on the necessity and importance of culture introductionin English teaching of senior school under the instructions of the new curriculumstandard. By analyzing the relations among language, communication and culture, itdiscusses a few principles, including integrity principle, comparison principle,practical principle, principle of hierarchy, stage principle and adaptation principlebased on the current study and conclusion both home and abroad. Under theguidance of those above-mentioned principles, the method and strategy of cultureintroduction is put forward, which means that the English teacher is supposed to letstudents understand culture information shown in the textbook, then integrate theculture introduction into vocabulary teaching, oral English teaching and readingcomprehension teaching. In the meantime, students are expected to be fully exposedto the profound exotic cultural atmosphere as possibly as they can thus to enhancetheir cultural awareness of English-speaking countries. During the cultureintroduction course, the English teacher should emphasis on the correct guidance ofstudents’ sense of worth and philosophy owing to different social system andideology in English speaking countries. In the end, a culture introduction Englishclass describes the importance of culture introduction in English learning in seniorschool. This proves that the culture introduction in English teaching of senior schoolconforms to the modern society development and linguistics development as well. Itis also a must in English teaching for students to learn English better. The cultureintroduction in English teaching should draw attention of all English teachers insenior school and be applied broadly.