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On the cross-cultural barriers to improve teaching effectiveness Paper Keywords: English teaching; cross-cultural awareness; cross-cultural competence Abstract: the relationship between language and culture are interdependent and inseparable. In view of English language teaching and cultural integration of the characteristics of teaching, we explore the English teaching cross-cultural awareness for students to develop and improve intercultural communication ability. First, the concept and meaning of cross-cultural awareness According to Harvey’s point of view, cross-cultural awareness refers to the cross-cultural communication and cultural factors on the sensitivity of the participants know. He believes that there are four levels of cross-cultural awareness. The first level is noted that some of the cultural characteristics of the surface; the second level is for the other culture and their culture has some significant differences be aware of significant cultural features; the third level is for their own culture and has significant features of different cultures, in theory, able to understand or reason; the fourth level can put ourselves in for the sake of each other, to really understand each other’s actions. 1. In the classroom teaching, students can achieve the first, the second level of cognition and culture. From the perspective of cross-cultural communication, culture, individuals, groups, institutions, ethnic and cultural behavior of the main orientation of the standard orientation system; cultural decisions and influence people’s perception, thinking, evaluation and action. Our students in China, grew up in this culture system, small by traditional Confucian influence, brought the English language to give foreign culture and learning, cognition, tolerance, understanding and acceptance. So help students set the following concepts: first, the concept of cultural equality. First of all establish the concept of cultural equality, natio