Critical Review of Wang Ge and Zhou Zhen: Intercultural Language Education in China——Problems and Prospect

In the published paper" Intercultural Language Education in China - Problems and Prospect" by Wang ge and Zhou zhen, it mainly discusses the problems of intercultural language education (ILE) in china from four facets: the perspectives of language planning; teach-ing methodology; material development and the teacher education. It also focuses on its function in an EFL curriculum concerning of raising intercultural awareness and training intercultural competence. In the process of instruction, students are supposed to be exposed to multicul-tural contents and various culture input. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to develop a well-tailored ILE curriculum and textbooks. This article is to review Wang and Zhou's points critically. Thus, it can evoke the awareness of course designers to attach the importance of ILT and call for relevant actions.

跨文化教育为导向的外语教学——历史、现状、未来

语言具有人文性的特点。外语教学具有肩负培育学生人文素养的重要责任。外语教学是跨文化教育的重要平台。本文主要阐述了跨文化教育的实践和研究的现状,同时介绍了跨文化教育中存在的不良因素,并且提出了建议,以供参考。