Cultivation of intercultural awareness in EFL teaching

Abstract

Language and culture are inseparable. Foreign language learning is not only the language learning, but also the culture learning. Intercultural awareness, therefore, should be cultivated so that students can have the competence to use language to fulfill the successful intercultural communication. By analyzing a survey which investigates the students’ present condition of intercultural awareness, this paper tries to put forward some measures to cultivate the students’ intercultural awareness in EFL teaching.