How to cultivate intercultural communication competence of non-English major students

Abstract

In fact students have already received almost totally grammatical rules during their several years study, but they often lack of the ability to actually use English and to understand the use in normal intercultural communication. Misunderstandings caused by cultural differences have involved them frequently in intercultural miscommunication. The purpose of this paper is to present the concept of intercultural communication competence, focus its importance on foreign language teaching, and indicate how to cultivate students' intercultural communication competence. The writer emphasis the relationship between culture and language, communication and culture, she briefly introduces the situation in foreign language teaching in the past and today. In this paper, the author try to illustrate how to cultivate students who are not English major to understand the cultural meanings of language, and try to help them use English properly, especially in special context. © 2013 ACADEMY PUBLISHER Manufactured in Finland.