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Pathways of Integrating Regional Culture into Foreign Languages Courses in Local Chinese Universities

Author(s)

Han Guojun*, Zhang Ke, Li Yuemin

Affiliation(s)

School of Foreign Languages, Anyang Normal University, Anyang, Henan, China *Corresponding Author

Abstract

In the delivery of foreign languages courses of local Chinese universities, regional culture is largely ignored. This paper stresses the importance of addition of regional culture, analyzes the underlying reasons why regional culture is overlooked from four perspectives: course settings, textbooks, teaching methodology and evaluation methods. Then the author comes up with corresponding strategies and concrete measures to include regional culture in foreign languages courses.

Keywords

Regional Culture; Foreign Languages Courses; Local Chinese Universities

References

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