《外语教育中的文化教学》

CHAPTER 1A HISTORICAL PROBLEM OF TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE1

1.1 A historical trilogy2

1.2 Two ways of selection16

1.3 Old problems in new form26

CHAPTER 2OPTIONS FOR THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN CULTURES IN LANGUAGE PROGRAMMES50

2.1 Paradigm 1:explicit cultural studies51

2.2 Paradigm 2:communicative language teaching73

2.3 Paradigm 3:inter-cultural communication93

CHAPTER 3MAINTAINING TRADITION OR MAKING CHANGES THROUGH CULTURE LEARNING121

3.1 Contradiction:tradition and change122

3.2 The role of foreign language education145

3.3 The notion of culture in foreign language education150

CHAPTER 4THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENGLISH AND ITS RELEVANT CULTURES164

4.1 EST:culturally-neutral?165

4.2 EIL:culturally-arbitrary?184

4.3 EFL in China:source and means201

CHAPTER 5FOCUSING ON CULTURAL CREATIVITY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION219

5.1 Clearing the ground220

5.2 Focusing on cultural creativity230

5.3 Implications for EFL curriculum reform in China248

CHAPTER 6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION262

BIBLIOGRAPHY270