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On the Relationship Between Cultural Introduction and English Teaching Reform in Higher Vocational Colleges

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DOI: 10.23977/emsshr.2019.037

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Song Yaqin

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Song Yaqin

ABSTRACT

The integration of language and culture and the cultivation of students' cross-cultural communicative competence need to strengthen the introduction of cultural knowledge in English teaching. Starting with language and culture and the current situation of English teaching in higher vocational colleges, this paper expounds the importance of cultural introduction in English teaching in higher vocational colleges from four aspects: cultivating students' communicative ability, understanding ability, learning interest and social development trend, which reflects the practical significance of cultural introduction in English teaching in higher vocational colleges. Language is the most important communication tool for human beings. It is a tool of thinking and a direct realization of thinking. Language and thinking are not the innate nature of human beings. They need to be acquired. The acquisition and inheritance of language and thinking all lie in culture. Culture deeply exists in human thinking and is closely related to language. Language is a part of culture and one of the carriers of culture. Language and its application cannot exist independently from culture. It plays a communicative role while reflecting the unique cultural characteristics of a nation or region. Therefore, language learning cannot be separated from cultural cognition and understanding. Only by truly understanding the cultural connotation contained in language can effective cross-cultural communication be carried out.

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Language and culture, higher vocational English teaching, cross-cultural communication skills

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