College English teaching in China should cultivate students to tell Chinese stories in a cross-cultural way and help promote the international spread of Chinese culture. Listening and speaking skills in college English education are crucial, in which the cultivation of cross-cultural communication skills and storytelling play important roles. This article proposes a task-based teaching model for English listening and speaking teaching, starting from the perspective of cultural confidence in telling Chinese stories in English, aiming to enhance students' cross-cultural communication skills and English proficiency, and improve the quality of English education. The model showcases the interaction between teachers and students, as well as the characteristics of active participation and self-directed learning of students in the process of storytelling. This model can provide new ideas and methods for college English listening and speaking teaching, promote the improvement of students' comprehensive literacy.

Yalin Xiang. Reforming College English Listening and Speaking Teaching: Telling Chinese Stories Well with Task-Based Approach and Cross-Cultural Method. Frontiers in Educational Research (2023) Vol. 6, Issue 13: 1-6. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2023.061301.

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