英语教学的最终目标是让学习者能够运用英语进行交际。王佐良先生曾指出:“不了解语言中的社会文化,谁也无法掌握语言。”语言是文化的载体,是文化的有机组成部分。文化是语言的土壤,各种文化因素会体现在语言文字之中。语言与文化的密切关系启发我们在各级英语教学中以及英语教学的各环节中可以从文化的角度来传授语言知识,增强学生的学习兴趣,提高学习效率,令英语学习更加精彩。一、文化知识帮助记忆词汇从传统的教学方式上看,词汇教学更注重的是词义教学。教师帮助学生掌握单词的词典意义,而学生的主要任务是熟悉 The ultimate goal of English teaching is to enable learners to use English to communicate. Mr. Wang Zuoliang once pointed out: “Without knowing the social culture in language, no one can master the language.” Language is the carrier of culture and an integral part of culture. Culture is the language of the soil, a variety of cultural factors will be reflected in the language. The close relationship between language and culture inspires us to teach language knowledge at all levels of English teaching and all aspects of English teaching from a cultural point of view, enhance students’ interest in learning, improve learning efficiency and make English learning more exciting. First, the cultural knowledge to help memorize vocabulary From the traditional way of teaching, lexical teaching is more focused on word meaning teaching. Teachers help students to grasp the dictionary meaning of words, and students’ main tasks are familiar