Abstract With the rapid development of globalization, all of the countries combine with each other. Furthermore, English has become the most popular language around the world.  As we all know, China has the most population who are studying English.  Due to the differences in geography, development level, different countries and nationalities pose different cultures, customs, histories and religion, misunderstandings often occur in English teaching. Language is the carrier of culture. Unless understanding the culture of the target language can English learners use the language properly, and make successful communication in cross-cultural communication. This thesis aims to explore the importance of cultivating cultural awareness, and advocate English educators to attach importance to the cultivation of cultural awareness, on the basis of that, give some views on this topic.53634

Keywords: cultural awareness; cross-cultural communication; English teaching; cultivation

摘要随着现代化和全球化的迅猛发展，所有的国家都相互联系着，除此之外，英语已经成为了全世界范围内最流行的语言。我们都知道，中国有着最大的在学英语人数。由于地理位置和发展水平的不一样，不同的国家和民族都有着不同的文化、习俗、历史和宗教。所以在英语教学中经常出现误解，同一种表达对于有着不同文化的人来说往往有着不懂得理解。语言是文化的载体，只有了解语言的文化才能更加恰当地运用语言，在跨文化交际中取得成功。本文旨在通过对文化重要性的探究，倡导广大英语教育者重视文化意识的培养，并提出自己的观点和看法。

毕业论文关键词：文化意识；跨文化交际；英语教学；培养

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 2

3. The Importance of Cultivating Cultural Awareness in Middle School English Teaching 2

3.1 The Cultivation of Cultural Awareness Lays a Foundation for Learning and Using English Properly 3

3.2 The Cultivation of Cultural Awareness Lays a Foundation for Shaping Students’ Exploratory World View 3

3.3 Cultivating Cultural Awareness Shows Students the Way to Form Their Cross Cultural Communicating Competence 4

3.4 Cultivating Cultural Awareness Contributes to Improve Students’ Reading Competence 4

4. Language, Culture and Teaching 4

4.1 The Relations between Culture and Language 5

4.2 The Relations between Culture and English Teaching 5

5. Aspects of the Cultivation of Cultural Awareness 6

5.1. Daily Conversation 6

5.2 Names of People and Places 8

5.3 Inpidualism 8

5.4 Connotation 9

5.5 Old Sayings and Idioms 9

6. The Barriers in Middle School English Culture Teaching 9

6.1. Examination-Oriented Education 9

6.2. Traditional View on Language 10

6.3. Historical and Traditional Teaching Methods 10

7. The Development of Students’ Cultural Awareness 10

7.1 Vocabulary Penetration 11

7.2 Discussion- Based Teaching Methods