摘要
本文以英语作为国际语言的英语教学理念为理论基础，通过问卷调查和有关中美文化节俗的个人访谈，研究了我国高校EFL学生对英语教材文化内容上的要求，探讨了文化素养与语言能力的关系。提出了EFL学生的大学英语教材不仅应当包括目的语文化，还应当包括本土文化，以及在不同层次上使用英语的各国文化。同时，要重视培养学生用英语表达本土文化的能力，从而提高他们的跨文化比较能力和沟通能力。
This paper conducts a survey on Chinese EFL learners' needs for the cultural content of English teaching materials. Based on the theory of English as an international language,the paper investigates college students with varying English proficiency. Through the questionnaire and interviews, the paper studies and focuses on the relationship between Chinese cultural accomplishment and English proficiency, and between the target culture and source culture associated with English teaching materials. Results show that Chinese EFL students attach great importance to building up their professional capacity of cross-cultural comparison and intercultural communication in the context of China. Therefore it concludes that multicultural content of English teaching materials,particularly including texts on Chinese culture, should be developed for EFL teaching in China.
出处
《外语界》
CSSCI
北大核心
2004年第4期60-66,共7页
Foreign Language World
