Abstract
Culture-loaded words and expressions are loaded with specific national cultural information and indicate deep national culture. They are the direct and indirect reflection of national culture in the structure of words and expressions. The improper use of culture-loaded words often leads to misunderstanding in cross-cultural communication. However, few systematic researches on culture-loaded words learning and teaching in vocational college have been conducted in China. The study attempts to investigate the present situation of English culture-loaded words learning among vocational college English majors in vocational college; the attitude by students and teachers towards English culture-loaded words learning and teaching in vocational college; the differences and similarities in their opinions through culture-loaded words test and a questionnaire for students as well as an interview for teachers. Results showed that the vocational college English majors’ learning of the English culture-loaded words is rather inadequate and unsatisfactory, which reflects that great attention should be paid to the cultivating of students’ culture awareness and their acquisition of cultural knowledge.
Highlights
Vocabulary, as the most basic and active element of language, often embodies social life and the changes of social thoughts
The study attempts to investigate the present situation of English culture-loaded words learning among vocational college English majors in vocational college; the attitude by students and teachers towards English culture-loaded words learning and teaching in vocational college; the differences and similarities in their opinions through culture-loaded words test and a questionnaire for students as well as an interview for teachers
Results showed that the vocational college English majors’ learning of the English culture-loaded words is rather inadequate and unsatisfactory, which reflects that great attention should be paid to the cultivating of students’ culture awareness and their acquisition of cultural knowledge
Summary
Vocabulary, as the most basic and active element of language, often embodies social life and the changes of social thoughts. Culture-loaded words refer to the words, of which the connotation may be enlarged or diminished in the process of communication, and to the words of which some associated features are accumulated for its frequency in special occasions. Culture-loaded words can be regarded as words, idioms, or expressions which have a typical meaning in a particular culture. They are the words embedded in their distinctive culture and foreigners who want to learn them well need to know their cultural implications
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