introduction

The importance of cultural teaching in junior high school English education was emphasized, and it was pointed out that the "Compulsory Education English Curriculum Standards (2022 Edition)" regards cultural knowledge, awareness, and cross-cultural communication skills as the core. At the same time, it pointed out the problems existing in current cultural teaching, including one sidedness, standardization, and superficiality, which have led to teaching failing to meet the requirements of the curriculum standards. The article aims to propose effective teaching activity design paths and cases to cultivate cultural awareness.

Types of cultural teaching activities

The Curriculum Standards clarify the learning objectives of middle school English cultural teaching, emphasizing the internalization and externalization of cultural awareness, and promoting the development of students' language ability, cultural awareness, and cross-cultural competence. The expression of cultural consciousness is divided into three categories: comparison and judgment, adjustment and communication, and perception and internalization, and is demonstrated through specific cultural teaching activities. Teachers should integrate cultural teaching activities into unit teaching, systematically cultivate students' cultural awareness, and design cultural teaching activities that are progressive and centered around teaching objectives.

Design and Case Study of Diversified Cultural Teaching Activities

Taking Unit 1 "My name's Gina." in the first volume of the seventh grade English textbook published by People's Education Press as an example, this article explores how to design diverse language teaching activities to cultivate students' cultural awareness. The theme of the unit is "Making New Friends", with the goal of enabling students to correctly introduce themselves and others using the English they have learned, and to master basic social etiquette and communication skills.

conclusion

Emphasize that teachers should adopt a diversified approach in cultural teaching, from comparing cultural differences to language communication adjustment, and then to internalizing cultural knowledge. Teachers need to avoid narrow cultural teaching, help students activate cultural backgrounds, deepen their understanding of cultural significance, and integrate cultural teaching into language teaching. Through effective activities, students can understand and respect cultural differences, cultivate cross-cultural awareness and inclusiveness, enhance language learning abilities, adapt to a globalized society, and internalize cultural knowledge into personal attitudes and cultivation.