中西方文化差异_英语论文.doc

Abstract

This paper mainly focuses on the differences between Chinese and Western culture, which is based on the present research of education and culture. The paper contains causes of the differences, forms of the differences, applications to students’ language communicative ability and English teaching. The causes are divided into two parts – subjective causes and objective causes. There exist 2 causes of subjective causes. They are thought patterns and social behaviors. Also, cultural origins, economic systems, geographical Environments and religions are objective causes. I rethink the mutual learning of Chinese and western religions. Main forms of the differences contains five parts - view of value, view of morality, view of time, view of privacy and view of democracy, which prove the necessity and importance of the cultural differences and reflect the permeation and promotion of the differences in English teaching.

Keywords: cultural differences; causes; forms; language communicative  

ability; English study; permeation; promotion

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1.Introduction.1

2.Main Causes of the Differences1

2.1 Subjective Causes.1

2.1.1 Thought Patterns1

2.1.2 Social Behaviors2

2.2 Objective Causes2

2.2.1 Cultural Origins.2

2.2.2 Economic Systems...2

2.2.3 Geographical Environments 3

2.2.4 Religions.3

3.Main Forms of the Differences .4

3.1. View of Value4

3.2 View of Morality4

3.3 View of Time5

3.4 View of Privacy6

3.5 View of Democracy7

4.Applications7

4.1 The Language Ability7

4.2 The English Teaching8

Conclusion9

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