Influence of Chinese and Western cultural differences on English learning

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10.2991/msetasse-16.2016.79How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Chinese and Western culture; cultural differences; English learning; factor analysis; comparative analysis.

Abstract

In recent years, English learning has become civil learning, and the importance of English learning is widely recognized. Learners of English have long been aware of the influence of cultural factors on English learning and its significance. Culture is the carrier of language. Language is the important tool of communication, which ties people together. Each nation has its own culture, which is expressed in the form of language. We should learn to grasp the cultural factors to better learning English. In this article, we studied cultural differences between Chinese and Western cultural, i.e. the belief, customs, ways of thinking, in order to improve the thinking of English learning and learning ability. Firstly, the relationship of language and culture was elaborated, and then through a large number of examples, the author made a comparative analysis on the differences between Chinese and Western cultures in English words and idioms, so as to clarify the important influence of cultural differences on English vocabulary learning.

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© 2016, 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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AU  - Hui Min Zhao
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TI  - Influence of Chinese and Western cultural differences on English learning
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 4th International Conference on Management Science, Education Technology, Arts, Social Science and Economics (msetasse-16)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 360
EP  - 364
SN  - 2352-5398
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