Abstract: Culture awareness includes cultural knowledge, cultural understanding, intercultural awareness and competence. While teaching, teachers should not only introduce the cultural knowledge, but also lay stress on developing students’ intercultural awareness. To introduce cultural knowledge in English class makes students learn the culture of English-speaking countries which promotes students to understand and apply English language better, to comprehend and cognate the indigenous culture deeply, besides, cultivating their consciousness of globalization and developing their awareness of intercultural communication. 

Because of cultural awareness is one of the criterion in judging students’ comprehensive language competence, I made investigation on students and English teachers in Dawan Middle School by questionnaire and interview. So that I learn the current situation and analyze the problems of cultural awareness cultivation in English teaching 

Key Words: cultural awareness, intercultural communication, intercultural teaching, high school English teaching

Content

摘要：

Abstract:

Introduction-5

Chapter One: Literature Review-6

1.1 Current Research in Foreign Countries-7

1.2 Current Research in China-8

Chapter Two: Present Situation and Problem Analysis-9

2.1 Survey Objectives-9

2.2 Respondent-9

2.3 Methods-9

2.4 Results and Analysis-9

2.4.1 Results and Analysis of Questionnaires from Students-9

2.4.1.1 Students’ Motivations and Purposes of Learning English-10

2.4.1.2 Students’ Needs of Cultivating Cultural Awareness-11

2.4.1.3 The Ways of Acquiring Cultural Knowledge-12

2.4.1.4 Students’ Suggestions for Cultivating Cultural Awareness-13

2.4.2 Results and Analysis of Interviews of English Teachers-13

2.4.2.1 Teachers’ Perspectives of Cultivating Cultural Awareness-13

2.4.2.2 Teachers’ Evaluation of Their Current Cultural Awareness Cultivation-14

2.4.2.3 Teachers’ Suggestions for Cultivating Students’ Cultural Awareness-15

2.4.3 Conclusion-15

Chapter Three: Teaching strategies for cultivating cultural awareness-16

3.1 Construction of Cultural Atmosphere in School-17

3.2 Improvement of English Teachers’ Comprehensive Qualities-17

3.3 Improvement of Students’ Understanding of Culture in Class-18

Conclusion-20

Appendix 1-22

Appendix 2-23

Bibliography-24

Acknowledgements-25