Open AccessOn the Cultivation of College English Learners’ Intercultural Competence
Author(s) -
Liang Tan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
study in english language teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2372-9740
pISSN - 2329-311X
DOI - 10.22158/selt.v5n4p600
Subject(s) - intercultural competence , college english , pedagogy , psychology , competence (human resources) , intercultural communication , cultural competence , communicative competence , cultural knowledge , intercultural relations , mathematics education , social psychology
Cultural integration, an important part of college English teaching, plays a key role in enhancing students’ English proficiency and overall quality. The author in this paper attempts to explore the cultivation of college English learners’ intercultural competence from the three aspects of relationship between cultural integration and college English teaching, the contents and ways of cultural integration into college English teaching. The author considers that college English learners’ intercultural competence involves both intercultural communicative competence and overall quality including virtues, critical thinking and extensive knowledge.