【跨文化交际与英语教学】张淑媛.pdf

MASTERSDECREETHESIS Cross-CulturalCommunication and theTeachingofEnglis Major:English Language and Literature Author:ZhangShuYuan Supervisor:Prof.
INTRODUCTION English,anllanguagenowadays,isfrequentelyusedinworld trade inance,polics,and many other areas.It is mostlikelytobethe one adoptedby beopleofdifferentnationalitiesandculturesforcommunicationamongthem.
instinctive.They havetworeasonsfortakingthisposition.First,asallscholarso culturebelieve,cultureistransmitted andmaintainedsolelythroughcommunicatio and learning; that is,culture is learned.Second,as scholars who take the sweepin viewbelieve,eachindividual is confinedat birth to a specificgeographi 