Superficial Discussion on the Cultivation of Cross-cultural Communication Ability in English Teaching

The main purpose of foreign language teaching is to cultivate the students' communication ability with people who have different cultural background.The paper presents the definition of the intercultural communication and its importance.The paper also introduces the reasons why the teaching of the intercultural communication must be carried out during foreign language teaching.Next,the paper focuses on some ways and strategies on how to develop the students' English intercultural communication competence during foreign language teaching.The purpose is to promote the foreign language teaching and raise the students' sensitivity to the culture and the ability of the intercultural communication.