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1、OnCultivatingInterculturalCommunicativeCompetenceinEnglishTeachingI.IntroductionTheworldweliveinisshrinkingandcontactclosely.Travelthatoncetookmonthsnowtakeshours.Thereisnodenyingthatthevariousculturesoftheworldarefarmoreaccessiblethaneverbefore,andthatthepeoplesofthesecul
2、turesarecomingintocontactatanever-increasingrate.Inthe21stcentury,China'smodernizationsarecloselyboundupwithinterculturalcommunication.AftertheannouncementofBeijingbeingthehostcityofthe2008OlympicGames,inChina,wehavesetoffanewupsurgeoflearningEnglish.Aroundthewholecountry,
3、nomattertheoldortheyoung,theyareallpreparingforthecominginternationalevent.SocultivatinginterculturalcommunicativecompetenceinEnglishisthewholeworldneed.Infact,manyforeignscholarsandChinesescholarshavedonealotofstudiesconcerninghowtodevelopthestudents'cross-culturalcompete
4、nce,becauseEnglishlanguageteachingandthetextbooksinChinapaidmoreattentiontolanguageformsthantotheirsocialmeanings,totheirpracticalapplicationsandtheculturaldifferences,manykindsofcommunicativeerrorsweremade.Soitisurgenttocultivatestudents’interculturalcommunicativecompeten
5、ceinEnglishteaching.II.ReviewsofLanguage-cultureStudiesA.LanguageandCultureLanguageispartofcultureandplaysaveryimportantroleinit.Somesocialscientistsconsideritthekeystoneofculture.Withoutlanguagetheymaintainculturewouldnotbepossible.Ontheotherhand,languageisinfluencedandsh
6、apedbyculture,itreflectsculture.Inthebroadestsense,languageisthesymbolicrepresentationofapeople,anditcomprisestheirhistoricalandculturalbackgroundsaswellastheirapproachtolifeandtheirwaysoflivingandthinking.Then,whatislanguage?Whatisculture?Whatistherelationshipbetweenthem?
7、Languageandculturelinkedclosely,sothatlearninglanguagemeanslearningculture.Forexample,achildgrowingupinoneoftheEnglish-speakingcultureslearnstosay“CanIhaveadrink?”ratherthan“Givemeadrink”,helearnstoaddresshisbrothersandsistersbytheirnamesregardlessofwhethertheyareolderoryo
8、ungerthanhimself,helearnstosay“thankyou”whenacceptingsomething.Inotherwords,inlearninghow
