Title :
Relation between language and culture in English teaching
Author :
Pan, Sha ; Cao, Zhong
Author_Institution :
Changsha Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Changsha, China
Abstract :
The relation between language and culture in English teaching activities has been presented in this paper, indicating that language is the carrier of culture, language and culture promote and influence one another, and culture contains intrinsic rules or conventions directing language use. The specific involvement of culture in English study has also been discussed in different cases. The language features of cultural introduction have been described in detail indicating that the culture introduction in English study and teaching is challenge to English teachers with broad contents.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; distance learning; humanities; natural languages; teaching; English teaching; culture; international interaction; language; Art; Computer science education; Cultural differences; Educational technology; Global communication; Humans; Ice; Natural languages; Snow; Vocabulary; English study; English teaching; culture; language; language feature;
Conference_Titel :
Education Technology and Computer (ICETC), 2010 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6367-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICETC.2010.5529272
