Notes of Different Cultural Elements in English Reading

DOI

10.2991/icssr-14.2014.242How to use a DOI?

Keywords

English reading. Cultural differences. Notes

Abstract

Culture is a very broad concept, referring to the sum of history, geography, local customs, traditional customs, lifestyles, literature and art, code of conduct, way of thinking and values etc of a country or nation, and also spiritual wealth that human beings accumulate during creation of material wealth. While learning the second languages, people shall understand and master cultures and customs, traditional customs, cultural background and living habits of English-speaking countries, in order to have better English reading. This paper analyzes barriers of different cultural elements in reading and notes of reading from perspectives of the important role of reading in English learning, the relationship between reading and cultural elements and the role of cultural background knowledge in reading comprehension etc, and provides ideas for further English learning and raising English reading proficiency.

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© 2014, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hongbing Xiao
PY  - 2014/06
DA  - 2014/06
TI  - Notes of Different Cultural Elements in English Reading
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Science and Social Research
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1100
EP  - 1104
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/icssr-14.2014.242
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