Exploringthe Cultivation of Intercultural Competence in Foreign Language Education

The pace of globalization leads to an unremitting attention on the cultivation of intercultural competence as well as intercultural citizenship education.This article argues that cultural intelligence functions as an effective pathway to assess and develop one's ability of adaptation in a culturally diverse context.The further analysis provides an evidence for the feasibility of integrating cultural intelligence development with foreign language education programs.

The pace of globalizadon leads to an unremitting attention on the cultivation of intercultural competence as well as intercultural citizenship education. This article argues that cultural intelligence functions as an effective pathway to assess and develop one＇ s ability of adaptation in a culturally diverse context. The further analysis provides an evidence for the fea- sibility of integrating cultural intelligence development with foreign language education pro- grams.