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Developing Cross 　　【Abstract】This paper presents the view that linguistic competence isn’t equal to communicative competence.language and culture are closely related to each other.Language learning is not only the process of improving the learners’ linguistic ability， but also the process of developing the learners’ awareness of the target culture.Based on the above view， this paper analyzes the different levels of cross―cultural awareness that the foreign language learners should achieve and provides some methods to develop the foreign language learners’ cross―cultural awareness in the process of foreign language learning and teaching. 　　【Key words】cross―cultural awareness； culture； foreign language learning and teaching； linguistic competence； communicative competence 　　1.Introduction 　　With the development of society， people around the world now have more and more chances to contact each other.People from different cultures have different cultural backgrounds.， so they think differently and behave differently.The differences among them are very important.Ignorance of these differences will lead to miscommunication in cross―cultural communication.When we are learning or doing culture， we should pay attention to the cultural differences and，most important of all，we should build a cross―cultural awareness which is fundamental forcommunicative competence.So in the foreign language learning and teaching， we should include culture besides language knowledge. 　　2.Linguistic competence and communicative competence 　　Linguistic competence and communicative competence have long been of interest to teachers， educators and linguists in foreign language learning and teaching field.Linguistic competence and communicative competence aren’t the same.Chomsky pointed out in his Aspects of the Theory of Syntax that a language user’s underlying knowledge about the system of rules is called his linguistic competence.Hymese first initiated the term communicative competence a