Exploring Cultural Knowledge in EFL Teaching in an EAVSC

Abstract

Teaching cultural knowledge of the target language has been an ever-increasing focus in English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching in China during the last two decades. Apart from cultivating students' four basic skills, more and more attention has been paid to the enhancement of their cross-cultural competence. To achieve the goal, EFL teachers and researchers have been exploring both reasonable theoretical frameworks and effective practical measures. This paper aims to analyze a way of teaching cultural knowledge based on an English audio-video speaking course (EAVSC) at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT). It presents the specific teaching modal from five aspects: the teaching material, the teaching context, the teaching principles and approach, students' speaking activities (both in-class and off-class speaking tasks), and the method to evaluate students' achievement. Through such a systematic organization and arrangement, this case study proves to be an effective way of cultural teaching. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]