In the world characterised by globalisation, internationalisation and multiculturalism, intercultural communication and intercultural conflicts have become part and parcel of people's daily lives. Thus, as a new direction of educational development advocated by most educational authorities, intercultural education emerges to facilitate mutual understanding and mediate conflicts in globalisation. As a teaching mode that combines language teaching with intercultural education, intercultural foreign language teaching is a significant direction of foreign language education development and the most effective intercultural education channel in the 21st century. This paper investigates the current practice and research of intercultural foreign language education, intending to identify problems existing in China. By analysing the definition, framework, and pedagogy of intercultural foreign language education, this paper aims to identify issues under debate and propose some challenges for future research and practice in China's intercultural foreign language education.

Jun Luo. Exploring Debates in Intercultural Foreign Language Education in the Chinese Context. Frontiers in Educational Research (2024) Vol. 7, Issue 3: 14-20. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2024.070303.

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