Abstract

<p>This paper analyzes the main problems and difficulties in current college English oral English teaching practice, illustrates the relationship between oral English teaching and cross-cultural communication competence. On the one hand, cross-cultural communication plays an essential role in oral English teaching; besides, oral English teaching promotes cross-cultural communication competence. Our oral English teaching concept should be consistent with that of the world. We should lay equal stress on cross-cultural communication competence and oral English teaching for the purpose of improving the students’ cross-cultural oral communication ability.</p>

Highlights

  • Language communicative ability is of great importance in the course of English teaching

  • Cross-cultural communication plays an essential role in oral English teaching; besides, oral English teaching promotes cross-cultural communication competence

  • Points out that college English teaching is based on English language knowledge, application skills, cross-cultural communication as well as learning strategies, aiming to promote the students’ comprehensive proficiency in applying English, especially their listening and speaking ability in the real situation

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Summary

Introduction

Language communicative ability is of great importance in the course of English teaching. More and more scholars both at home and abroad have come to realize the essence of language, and the cultivation of communicative competence being the key to language learning is well accepted. Guided by foreign language teaching theories, the main content of college English includes English language knowledge, application skills, cross-cultural communication and learning strategies. It is somehow a teaching system which integrates a variety of teaching mode and teaching methods. College oral English teaching is not merely the input of language knowledge, and refers to a combination between the language and its culture

The Problems Confronting College English Teaching
The Main Reasons of Cross-Cultural Communication Failure
How to Improve Students’ Cross-Cultural Competence in Oral English Teaching
Improving Teachers’ Own Qualities
Carrying Out Multimedia Integrated Teaching Model
Cultivating English Thinking Habit
Enriching Culture Teaching Through Extracurricular Activities
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