English teaching in cross-cultural Communicative Competence.docVIP

English teaching in cross-cultural Communicative Competence Abstract: The existence of English teaching hours less heavy task, the students of English poor foundation conditions. Due to enrollment, many schools adopted a large-class school. Taipan classes per share reduction in restrictions on classroom interaction, student difficulty in developing a cross-cultural communicative competence. Enacted in 2000, ‘Vocational Education and English language teaching basic requirements of’ adjustment of the language skill requirements, defined the scope of communication, highlighting the student cross-cultural communication abilities. Therefore, English teachers from the vocational fundamentally change their concepts, and gradually students cross-cultural communicative competence. Keywords: Higher English teaching; Cultural differences; cross-cultural communicative competence Abstract: It is quite common that in vocational colleges students have a weak foundation in English, while the assigned teaching period is insufficient for the huge programme of English teaching. The enlargement of the enrollment in these colleges has resulted in English teaching being given in big classes, in which the per capita communication between the teacher and the students and among the students is lessened and the interactive teaching is therefore limited. Under such circumstances, it’s difficult to cultivate students’ ability to conduct intercultural communication. The Curriculum Requuirements for English Teaching in Vocational Colleges issued by the Education Ministry in 2000 has explicitly defined the scope of intercultrual communication and emphasized the cultivation of students ‘intercultural communication abilities. Therefore, English teachers in vocational colleges should change their old teaching ideas and foster students’ intercultural communication competence step by step. Keywords:: vocational college English teaching; the differences between Chinese and western culture; intercul