The Study Of Cultivating Cross-cultural Awareness In English Teaching For High Schools

Language is the sign of communication, and language is also the important carrier of culture. Language, as well as culture and communication are considered as a whole which can't be separated. Language learning is to communicate, while English teaching is to cultivate the students'capability of intercultural communicative competence. However, English teaching in high schools would emphasize more on grammar and vocabulary rather than introduce cross-culture, which results in students'lacking cross-culture awareness. Therefore, English teaching should not only cultivate basic language skills, but also set this kind of learning and practicing in a big cultural background, making students acquire social communication skills.This paper is made up of an introduction and four chapters. The introduction gives a brief content, background and necessity of the study. Chapter One reveals the nature of language and culture, the definition of communication, as well as the relations of the three. In addition, it gives a detailed description of the definition of cross-culture and classified study. In the meantime, it reveals the present conditions of this study both at home and broad, as well as its development tendency. In Chapter Two and Chapter Three, surveys and analyses are made to reveal the significance and urgency of carrying out cultural teaching in senior high schools. Especially in Chapter Three is a description of a teaching experiment which is conducted in the senior high school where the author teaches, including its principles, methods of research and conclusion. Chapter Four summarizes the whole paper and puts forward suggestions and assumptions of improving students'cross-culture awareness from multiple viewpoints, pointing out its shortcomings, as well as some suggestions for future research.