Cultural Awareness and EFL Learning: ClassroomObservation and Case Study

摘要

Learners cultural awareness toward the target language (English) and its cultural elements has arnprofound influence on the English learning practice and performance. English learning does notrnmerely mean the memorization of the grammatical formations and accumulation of the lexicalrnitems. The inseparability of the language and cultures makes the English learning a process ofrnacknowledging and accepting toward the English cultural features and elements. The present studyrnanalyzed the learners’ language learning and cultural awareness performance in their Englishrnclassroom and other occasions of language learning. We found that (1) there might exist a positivernimpose of the learners’ awareness toward English cultural features and their English learningrnprocess; the course of the awareness might go together with the entire duration of languagernpractice; (2) The process of awareness and acceptance of the English cultural features or elementsrnamong the undergraduate learners was parallel with that of their English learning process andrnanalogy and contrast were employed in the practice and led to gradual assimilations of thernelements with their native ones. Besides we also noticed that the personalities and learning stylesrnof the learners also acted as a filter that affected their English learning as well as the culturalrnawareness and acceptance.