Questions about culturally-loaded words | A | B | C |
Interested usually | Not very interested sometimes | No interest at all seldom | |
1. Are you interested in western culture? | 72 | 23 | 5 |
2. Are you interested in traditional Chinese culture? | 81 | 17 | 2 |
3. Do you make comparison between western culture and traditional Chinese culture? | 12 | 57 | 31 |
4. Do you compare the different meaning of the same subject in terms of western and Chinese culture, such as dragon, or dog? | 15 | 55 | 30 |
5. Are you confused with some western cultural factors while reading English books? | 49 | 45 | 6 |
6. Do you pay attention to cultural connotations while meeting new words? | 25 | 26 | 49 |
7. Does your English teacher introduce related culture background to you before the study of text? | 86 | 10 | 4 |
8. Does your English teacher explain the words’ cultural meaning to you when teaching vocabulary? | 63 | 24 | 13 |
9. Does your English teacher explain the words’ cultural meaning by comparing Chinese culture with western culture? | 27 | 36 | 37 |