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1、1.IntroductionInthe21stcentury,therapiddevelopmentofscienceandtechnology,thewideningworldmarketsandtheglobalizationoftheworldeconomyallrequirepeopletobeabletoappreciate,understand,communicateandworkinterculturally.ManyChineseyoungpeoplehavealreadyrealizedthischallengeandsparednoeffortstoim
2、provetheirforeignlanguagelearning.However,theconventionalforeignlanguageteachinginChinacan’tmeetthispressingdemandofinterculturalcommunication.Studentsmayproducegrammaticallycorrectbutculturallyinappropriatesentences,whichmaycausemisunderstandingswhencommunicatingwithforeigners(胡壮麟,2000:17
3、5-178).Therefore,thenewnationalEnglishcoursestandardsforprimaryandsecondaryschoolspointoutthatforeignlanguageeducationisnolongerasimplelanguage-learningprogram.Theaimofforeignlanguagelearningincludes“culturalknowledge”,“cultureunderstandingorcomprehension”aswellastheinsightandabilityofusin
4、gaforeignlanguage.TheEnglishcoursestandardsforprimaryandsecondaryschoolsinShanghaialsoindicatethattheEnglishcourseshouldlayagoodfoundationfordevelopingthestudents’communicativecompetenceinamulticulturalbackground.Todevelopsuchcompetenceamongtheyounglearnerhasbecomethenewobjectiveinmiddlesc
5、hoolEnglishteaching(Searle,1975：15－20).2.BackgroundoftheproblemWiththepopularizationofmarketeconomyandthefrequentcontactsamongthepeopleindifferentcountries,Chinaisindesperateneedofpeoplewhoarecapableofcommunicatingininterculturalsituations.However,theconventionalforeignlanguageteachinginCh
6、inacan’tmeetthepressingdemandofinterculturalcommunication.Bothteachersandstudentspaymoreattentiontoacquiringthelinguisticcompetencethanpragmaticcompetence.Studentsmayproducegrammaticallycorrectbutculturallyinappropriatesentences,whichevencausemisunderstandingwhencommunicatingwithforeigners
7、(Collins&Loftus,1975:407－428)2.1AnewchallengeinEnglishteachingInthe21stcentury,therapiddevelopmentofscienceandtechnology,thewideningworldmarketsandtheglobalizationoftheworldeconomyallrequirepeopletobeabletoappreciate,understand,communicateandworkinterculturall
