The Influence of Cultural Background on the Acquisition of Chinese as a Second Language

Abstract

In the process of acquiring Chinese as a second language, cultural background is very important. The cultural background factors that affect the acquisition of Chinese as a second language include value orientation, national psychology and cultural distance. Under different cultural backgrounds, there is a big gap between Chinese students and China people in value orientation and national psychology, which hinders them from learning Chinese. However, students in Chinese cultural circle who are close to China culture have obvious advantages in Chinese acquisition compared with students in non-Chinese cultural circle, which is more conducive to second language acquisition. On the basis of previous studies, this paper analyzes the cultural background factors that affect the acquisition of Chinese as a second language, and on this basis, puts forward some suggestions for Chinese teaching, such as finding the commonalities of different cultures, strengthening the understanding of students' background and paying attention to the communicative function of Chinese teaching.