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Teaching Culture in TEFL
College of Foreign Language Education and International Business, Baoding University, Baoding, China
College of Foreign Language Education and International Business, Baoding University, Baoding, China
- 1 College of Foreign Language Education and International Business, Baoding University, Baoding, China
- 2 College of Foreign Language Education and International Business, Baoding University, Baoding, China
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Abstract
Based upon the interdependent relationship between culture and language, this paper aims to illustrate the importance of cultural teaching in TEFL (Teaching of English as Foreign Language). At the same time, by analyzing the objectives of cultural teaching, the author also explores the means by which the teachers may conduct their cultural teaching in T EFL.
KeywordsCultureLanguageRelationshipTEFLPositive Transition
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