Patrick R. Moran在跨文化交际研究方面颇有影响。基于对文化教学存在问题的思考,他就文化的界定、语言与文化的关联以及如何在语言课程的文化教学中加强“文化体验”和文化实践等问题提出了独到的见解。本文对其重要理论观点及特点进行介绍和评析,并就这些观点对我国语言课程中的文化教学的意义和影响发表自己的见解。 Patrick R. Moran is influential in cross-cultural communication research. Based on his thinking on the problems of culture teaching, he put forward unique views on the issues such as the definition of culture, the relationship between language and culture, and how to strengthen “cultural experience” and cultural practice in the cultural teaching of language courses. This article introduces and comments on its important theoretical views and characteristics and expresses their own opinions on the significance and impact of these views on cultural teaching in Chinese language courses.