A Tentative Study on the Strategies to Overcome Chinese Culture Aphasia in College English Teaching

Under the background of the Belt and Road Initiative, China gets more involved in the international activities and Chinese culture has gained great attention around the world, but Chinese students usually find themselves in an awkward situation when introducing Chinese culture to foreigners in English. This phenomenon is known as Chinese Culture Aphasia which is first proposed by Cong Cong, a professor from Nanjing University. He used Chinese Culture Aphasia to show that Chinese students are lack of the ability to introduce Chinese culture in English during intercultural communication. Two factors account for Chinese Culture Aphasia, the first one is that students are not familiar with Chinese culture; the second one is that students haven't mastered the proper expressions of Chinese culture in English. With the continuous communication with foreign countries, Chinese culture should be provided in college English courses. Therefore, this thesis makes a systemic investigation on the strategies to overcome Chinese Culture Aphasia in college English teaching.