Author(s)

Shuang Wang

Corresponding Author

Shuang Wang

ABSTRACT

with more and more frequent medical exchanges between countries, English is becoming more and more important to medical students. An important factor in improving English listening and speaking ability and daily communication ability lies in strengthening the cross-cultural communication awareness of medical students. Language is the carrier of culture, and culture is the base of language. Language learning cannot be separated from cultural understanding. In the process of teaching, we have found many problems that culture and language teaching are mutually beneficial. Karen has put forward the concept of narrative medicine for more than ten years. During this period, narrative medicine has developed to a certain extent in other countries and achieved some achievements, but it is still in the initial stage. Especially in our country, its discussion is still in the conceptual stage and its potential power has not been fully explored. This paper expounds the relationship between language and culture from the perspective of narrative medicine, and explains the importance of cultural education in medical English teaching, as well as the contents and methods of cultural education.

KEYWORDS

Narrative Medicine, Medical English Teaching, Cross-Cultural Communication Ability, Cultural Education