Chapter One Introduction
Language and culture are inseparable, learning a foreign language means learning a foreign civilization and culture. What’s more, cultural awareness is the assurance of using language appropriately. Mistakes have frequently been made when we use English. That is because people are lack of English culture knowledge of English-speaking countries’. Much research has been done about it, but what and how to teach English culture in middle schools still needs systematic studying.
1.1 Background of the study
With the continuous deepening of Chinese reform and opening up, the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics has achieved great success, the compulsory Education in China has made great achievements. In the process of English teaching, the progress is very obvious, the quality of English teaching has also been greatly improved, the students’ English scores have been improved significantly. However, Chinese current college entrance examination and the senior high school entrance examination system restrict the further development of English teaching. English teachers in general still pay attention to systematically explain English language knowledge, to ask students to memorize English language points repeatedly and to do more exercises mechanically, but lack of cultivation of students’ ability of using English. At the same time, students are short of guiding to understand and master English culture background knowledge. In the economic globalization, a country’s economic crisis can be a disaster for the whole world, it can be seen that the economy is closely linked all over the world. Meanwhile cultural connections around the world are increasing, even are strengthening continuously. That puts forward higher requirements on English teaching. Facing such opportunities and challenges, The National English curriculum for compulsory Education points out that the overall goal of English course in basic education stage is to cultivate students’ comprehensive ability of using language. (教育部全日制义务教育课程标准（实验稿）:21) The language knowledge, language skills, learning strategies, emotion and attitude, and cultural awareness, the overall development of quality are the foundation for the formation of a comprehensive language using ability. Among them, enhancing cultural awareness is a guarantee to use language properly. ，英语论文范文，英语论文题目 |
