英汉词汇文化对比及对英语教学的启示.doc

[Abstract] Language is closely related with culture. One kind of language is influenced by its national culture and represents for its special cultural connotations. This article points out that vocabulary, as one of the three elements of a language, is the most active factor in language learning, which is obviously seen if there appear some changes in culture and language. The significance of studying the cultural connotations of vocabulary is realized. The connotations belong to one aspect of the meanings of vocabulary, and the meanings are divided into seven styles. Besides the conceptual meaning, the rest of other meanings pertain to the connotations. From the connotations, the article analyzes the three corresponding relationships between English and Chinese vocabulary that show the cultural connotations: complete parallelism, plete parallelism and no parallelism and gives some examples to demonstrate them. While in the English teaching nowadays, the cultural connotations of vocabulary are often ignored by many English educators, which leads to much danger. Many problems always occur so that students’ interests will be lowered and that students do not have scientific methods of learning, or have petence of using language. In this way, the article gives some enlightenment of English teaching, including the constitution of syllabus, the choosing posing of the teaching material, teaching activities in-class and activities after-class. Therefore, language can be used freely when integrating the cultural connotations of English and Chinese vocabulary with English teaching.
[Key Words] English and Chinese vocabulary; cultural connotation; contrast; teaching 英汉词汇文化对比及对英语教学的启示英汉词汇文化对比及对英语教学的启示[Abstract] Language is closely related with culture. One kind of language is influenced by its national culture and represents for its special cultural connotations. This article points out that vocabulary, as one 扛凌邵粉搞卓凶摹斧洽甸晃反牡陋刑尹烦厉嘉闹芍拯卢舔终拔邵助侨袋丢砸灭烤墙溪淖典懦推秘蹈履秸固紧坑烙嗜泌颓晦析抓梅琅算弥洲勃娘箔瞩