新形势下的英语教育与培养跨文化交际能力

English Education Under New Situation and the Cultivation of Intercultural Communicative Competence

英语是跨文化交际的重要媒介。全球化新形势给我国的英语教育提出了新的挑战和更高的要求,培养学生的跨文化交际能力应成为英语教育的主要目标。在教学中,可以通过介绍文化背景知识、进行中西文化对比、创造英语学习的文化氛围等方法培养学生的跨文化交际能力。

English is an important tool for intercultural communication.The new situation sends a challenge to English education in China.Cultivating students'intercultural communicative competence should be the main objective of English teaching and learning.The methods to achieve this objective include introducing cultural background,comparing Chinese culture with Western culture,and creating a cultural atmosphere for English learning.