The Significance of Emphasizing Culture Awareness in the New Standards for English in China -- An Educational Psychological Perspective  

作　　者：Jing Chen 

机构地区：[1]Shaanxi Institute of Education

出　　处：《Sino-US English Teaching》2006年第3期48-51,共4页中美英语教学（英文版）

摘　　要：The New Standards for English issued in 2001 defined English learning as to develop ＂comprehensive competence in language using＂, which consists of language competence, language knowledge, affective aspects, learning strategy and cultural awareness. Meanwhile, as educational psychologists, De Corte et al advocate four theories in teaching and learning process, which include a theory of expertise, namely, （1） A well-organized and flexibly accessible domain specific knowledge base; （2） Heuristic methods; （3） Meta-knowledge; （4） Self-regulatory skills; （5） Beliefs. Not coincidently, the New Standards is in line with the theory of educational psychology. This gives the way to the author to argue, from the view of educational psychology, by analyzing culture awareness as being functional in meta-cognition and self-regulation aspects in expertise development, the importance of emphasizing culture awareness in English language teaching and learning.

关 键 词：New Standards for English English learning culture awareness meta-cognition self-regulation attitude and motivation 

分 类 号：H319[语言文字—英语]