Cultural Differences and English Teaching

Language is closely related to culture. They are inseparable. On the one hand， language is the carrier of culture; on the other hand， language is influenced and shaped by culture. Understanding one requires understanding the other. If the English learners have no cross-cultural awareness， they will be impossible to use the target language as the native speakers. And the ignorance of cultural differences also causes some misunderstanding and unpleasantness in the intercultural communication. It is important to teach culture in English education. This paper expounds the connotation of culture and language， points out the reasons of culture teaching in English education， and raises some suggestions and methods on Englishe culture teaching.