PAGE8TheSignificanceofCultureinForeignLanguageLearningAbstract:Inforeignlanguagelearning,oneshouldunderstandtheunderlyingmeaningofalanguageanditsbackgroundofculture.Cultureandlanguagearecloselyrelatedwitheachother;culturehasanintrinsicandindispensableimpactonlanguageisalsoreflectedinlanguage.Soattentionisonlypaidtothelinguisticformsbuttheconcentrationbetweenlanguageandcultureisignored.knowledgeofcultureistheprerequisitefornotonlytheavoidanceofcultural“conflict”butthesuccessofsecondlanguageacquisition.Basedonthestudiesofculture,relationsandadvantagesbetweenlanguageandculture,thecasesofculturedifferences,thispaperisaimedtoexpresstheimportanceofcultureinsecondlanguagelearning.Keywords:culture;relations;foreignlanguagelearning,culturedifferences文化在外语学习中的重要性摘要:在外语学习中，人们应该了解该语言的深层含义和其所在文化背景,文化和语言关系紧密，其在语言中有着内在深远的影响这在语言中也有所体现。因此学习外语不仅要关注语言形式文化也要考虑在内，不容忽略。重视文化的了解不单避免了文化冲突也很好掌握了外语。通过探讨语言和文化的关系和相互作用及分析文化差异的具体案例，此文旨在于阐述文化在外语习得中的重要性。关键词：文化；关系；外语学习，文化差异ContentsTOC\o"1-3"\h\z\uHYPERLINK\l"_Toc323107784"1.IntroductionPAGEREF_Toc323107784\h3HYPERLINK\l"_Toc323107785"2.CultureandsecondlanguagelearningPAGEREF_Toc323107785\h3HYPERLINK\l"_Toc323107786"2.1ThedefinitionofculturePAGEREF_Toc323107786\h3HYPERLINK\l"_Toc323107787"2.2TheroleculturesplayinsecondlanguagelearningPAGEREF_Toc323107787\h3HYPERLINK\l"_Toc323107788"2.3TheadvantagesofculturalawarenessinsecondlanguagelearningPAGEREF_Toc323107788\h3HYPERLINK\l"_Toc323107789"3.CasesofculturedifferencesPAGEREF_Toc323107789\h3HYPERLINK\l"_Toc323107790"3.1DifferentgreetingstylesPAGEREF_Toc323107790\h3HYPERLINK\l"_Toc323107791"3.2DifferentconceptsoftimePAGEREF_Toc323107791\h3HYPERLINK\l"_Toc323107792"3.3WesternreligiousculturereflectedinliteraryworksPAGEREF_Toc323107792\h3HYPERLINK\l"_Toc323107793"4.CautionsforculturelearninginsecondlanguagePAGEREF_Toc323107793\h3HYPERLINK\l"_Toc323107794"5.ConclusionPAGEREF_Toc323107