Culture Teaching in English Teaching in Secondary Education

For a long time there is consensus that in order to improve English teaching, teachers should put great emphasis on grammar, diction, sentences, etc. Influenced by this, students put all their efforts in remembering words, grammar, etc. and are made to understand English in their own cultural background mechanically. Language is a key component of culture and it is the carrier and container of culture. With the development of economy, technology and society, cross-cultural communication is necessary for every country. As a result, English teaching aims at not only helping students master the language itself, but cultivate their cross-cultural communication abilities. So culture teaching in English teaching is drawing more and more attention, especially for student in secondary education, who are being in adolescence. Necessary culture education will make them understand the difference between Chinese and English and cultivate their civic awareness, which is important to help form healthy cross-cultural awareness. The paper demonstrates the relationship between language and culture. Then it illustrates the necessity and the contents of culture teaching in English teaching. At last, some suggestions for English teachers are provided in order to help achieve the teaching effect.