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1、Ontheimportancesofcultivatingcross―culturalawarenessofpre―serviceEnglishteachersofprim　　【Abstract】Cross-culturalcommunicationbecomesmoreimportantinEnglisheducationinprimaryschoolsandoneofthemaintasksofEnglishlearninginprimaryschoolsistoimprovestudents’cross-culturalawareness.

2、Forpre-serviceEnglishteacherstheyshouldpaymoreattentionontheimportancesofcultivatingtheircross-culturalawarenessinEnglishlearning.　　【Keywords】Cross-culturalcommunication；cross-culturalawareness；pre-serviceEnglishteachers　　Cross-culturalcommunicationisafieldofstudythatobserves

3、howpeoplefromdifferentculturalbackgroundscommunicateandhowtheyendeavortocommunicateacrosscultures.Itscoreistoestablishandunderstandhowpeoplefromdifferentculturescommunicatewitheachother.WilliamGudykunstandYoungYunKim（1995）believedcross-culturalcommunicationcanberegardedasakin

4、dofprocessusedtodescribeotherformsofcommunicationwhichoccursbetweenpeoplewhohavevaryingdegreeoffamiliaritywitheachother.Manyresearchersandscholarsemphasizedthatthesecondlanguagelearninghasstrongconnectionswithculturelearning.H.D.Brown（2001）mentionedsecondlanguagelearningisjus

5、tsecondculturelearning.Thesecondlanguageasthemainmeanstocommunicateisthemostimportantandavailableexpressionoftheculture.YvonnePratt-JohnsonthoughtteachersshouldknowhowimportantrolecultureplaysinEnglishteachingtobecomeeffectivecross-culturalcommunicators.R.MichaelPaige，HelenJo

6、rstad，LauraSiaya，FrancineKlein，JeanetteColbydiddetailedresearchabouttheroleofcultureinforeignlanguagelearningandtheytotallybelieveteachers’knowledge，attitudesandbeliefscaninfluencetheirteachingsomuch.　　PrimaryschoolEnglishcurriculumstandard（2011）putforwardEnglisheducationshou

7、lddevelopstudents’comprehensivelanguagecompetenceandmakeEnglishlearningbetheprocessofformingpositiveattitudes，activethinkingandpracticing，improvingthecross-culturalawarenessandlearningindependently.ItespeciallyemphasizedoneofthemaintasksofEnglishlearningistohelpstudentsunders

8、tandtheculturaldifferencesbetweenChinaandwesterncountries.Itshowsthe