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The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology, 2019, 1(1); doi: 10.25236/FSST.070112.

How to Cultivate Intercultural Communication Ability in English as an International Language

Author(s)

Fei Sun1, Kai Yan2

Corresponding Author:
Fei Sun
Affiliation(s)

1. Basic Department, Shenyang Institute of Science and Technology, Shenyang, Liaoning,  China
2. Department of Information and Control Engineering, Shenyang Institute of Science and Technology,  Shenyang,  Liaoning,  China

Abstract

With the continuous development of China's development process, in order to meet the needs of social development talents, colleges and universities in the development of English education, training students' intercultural communication ability provides a new teaching challenge for traditional English teaching. English as an international lingua franca requires English teaching in colleges and universities to be committed to a multi-standard and standard teaching philosophy and to promote a win-win and equal cultural attitude. Based on the current English as an international lingua franca, this paper analyzes the cultivation of intercultural communicative competence.

Keywords

English; international lingua franca; cross-cultural communication ability

Cite This Paper

Fei Sun, Kai Yan, How to Cultivate Intercultural Communication Ability in English as an International Language. The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology (2019) Vol. 1: 84-90. https://doi.org/10.25236/FSST.070112.

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