Cross-Cultural Awareness in College English Teaching

Abstract:

the language has the rich cultural connotation, the relationship between language and culture closely. In the process of college English teaching, we should not only focus on language knowledge teaching and language skills training, and to conduct culture teaching, cultivate students' cross-cultural awareness, improve the students' intercultural communicative competence. The article first introduces the definition of culture and cultural awareness and the relationship between language and culture, and then focus on the content and goal of culture teaching, and the ways to cultivate cross-cultural consciousness and methods, etc.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 599-601)
• Pages: 2011-2013
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.599-601.2011
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Bin Liang*
• Keywords: Cross-Cultural Consciousness, Culture Teaching, English Teaching

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