The relation of language to culture is a relation of part to whole. Language is the primary means by which a culture transmits its beliefs,values and norms. There exists great difference between Western culture and Chinese culture indeed. For example,the etiquette is one of the most conspicuous differences between them. In a general sense,there is different etiquette due to the factors like geographical position,human race difference,religion. This paper demonstrates the different etiquette culture between Western countries and China from greeting,gratitude,compliments and farewell to guide oral English teaching so that students could cross the barrier on etiquette culture when they communicate with English speakers. The aim of this paper is to arise the attention on etiquette of different cultures for English teachers and combine it with oral English teaching.
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