Reflection on the Competence of Cross-Cultural Communication in English Teaching

It is indisputable fact that language cannot be separated from its culture.That's why the competence of cross-culture communication weighs highly in language learning from the perspective of sociolinguistics.More care has been given to the infiltration of cross-culture communication in teaching language.Under the guidance of theoretical comparisons,some suggestions will be given on how to combine this competence with daily language teaching in hope of improving language learners' integrative language ability.

Cross-Cultural Competence and English Language Teaching

Language is a part of culture and plays a very important role in it. Learning a language is inseparable from learning its culture.So, we should stick to integrate culture teaching with English teaching and try to improve the student’s cultural awareness so that they can know how to communicate appropriately during the cross cultural communication.

On Vocabulary Teaching from the Perspective of Cross-Cultural Communication

Language is the carrier of culture, and culture determines language application. Vocabulary is the essential element of a language, thus the cultivation of cross-culture communication ability should start from vocabulary.

Reflection on Teaching Language from Analysis of Interpersonal Function in Cross-cultural Conversations

The interpersonal function in Halliday's system-functional grammar can instruct and apply to many-sided language communication.The article is aimed at analyzing language function reflected in the conversations between international students in different cultural background and native speakers,and then getting reflections on classroom teaching language.

Cross-cultural Pragmatic Failures and Language Teaching

In cross-cultural communication, it is found that many communicational aims could not be successfully achieved, even if the speaker is good at using the target language. The problem may lie in the insufficient awareness of the cultural differences. This paper aims to point out the importance of cross-cultural communication in language teaching by discussing the different types of the cross-cultural pragmatic failures.

Native Culture Issues in Cross-cultural Teaching

The bi-direction of cross-cultural communication determines culture teaching should include both target culture and native culture.Currently,however,mere emphasis of target culture with ignoring native culture has resulted in "two-skin"phenomenon and"aphasia of Chinese culture".Therefore,this paper aims to underline native culture teaching,to explore proper techniques for native culture teaching,to achieve integration of target culture and native culture,to enhance studentséxpressive competence in native culture and finally to carry out effective cross-cultural communication.

The Cultivation of Cross-cultural Awareness in Junior High School English Teaching

The communication between China and other countries is becoming more and more frequently.People have more opportunities to communicate and cooperate with other English speaking countries.Therefore,it’s important to cultivate students with cross-cultural awareness.The English teaching process is bound to combine language with culture,because of the inseparable nature of language and culture.Only through a conscious understanding of the culture containing in language can people learn a language well.As for junior high school English teachers,they can not only confine to language teaching.It’s necessary to help students to understand the culture and the value of English speaking countries.

On the Strategies of the Current College English“Cross-cultural Teaching”

With the quick development of globalization and intercultural communication,especially under"the new normal","Strong Socialist Culture"national polices of China,cross-cultural communication"is so necessary and urgent for the college English teaching,while the current culture teaching is only one-way,not two-way.That is not truly cross-cultural teaching and communication.Strategies are suggested to improve it.

A Cross-Culture Perspective on Teaching

During the past decades,educators have been searching the effective approaches to improve their teaching by looking towards the Western counties.Interestingly,many of their Western counterparts are also looking towards the East for similar inspiration.The main purpose of this research is to avoid danger of direct transplant of certain approaches by comparing societal cultural background which affects teaching and learning.

Cultural Differences and English Language Teaching

With the development of the cross-cultural communication,more and more people have recognized the interaction between language and culture.Each culture has its own characteristic and is different from one another.Because of cultural differences,difficulties often arise in communication between different people.In China,English is taught as a foreign language.Both teachers and students should be aware of the differences between eastern and western culture in their teaching and study.