On Cultural Stereotype and Its Implications for English Teaching

Abstract

Cultural stereotype is the over-generalization of cultural differences. And it is one thinking mode which ignores the differences in the group. There must be false in stereotype, but it is necessary to establish culture stereotype in cultural teaching. The more accurate cultural stereotype is, the more accurate we predict the other’s behaviors, the more successful the intercultural communication is. We should not only establish cultural stereotype but also be brave enough to break it. We should also know why it is so as well as what it is, and take its possible changes in the future into account.