摘要近年来，随着我国改革开放的发展和我国与国际间的经济、科技、文化交流日益频繁，人们越来越重视外国文化问题。同时，我们也逐渐认识到了了解外国文化在对外交往中的重要性。在教育领域中，外语教学也渐渐重视对学生交际能力的培养。然而，对许多老师而言，文化教学还是一个较新的概念，从跨文化角度对英语教学进行研究探讨在目前还是个新领域。我们必须认识到交际能力的培养是外语教学的主要目标，培养学生跨文化交际的技能是中学外语教学要达到的一个目标。文化教学在中学英语教学中的重要性不可忽视，英语学习者不了解英语国家的文化，就无法获得交际能力。因此在中学英语口语教学中应该目标明确地，循序渐进地，方法得当地导入文化教学，使英语学习者在学习语言和知识的同时受到文化的熏陶，在跨文化交际中游刃有余。关键词：跨文化交际；文化教学；中学英语口语教学ABSTRACTSincelastcentury,becauseofreformingandopeningpolicy,manypeople,especiallyyoungpeoplegoabroadtogetabetterjoborgetfurthereducationandsoon.Besides,manyforeignersarecuriousaboutourcountry.Consequently,peoplecometorealizethatifweknowlittleaboutcross-culturalcommunication,therewillbemanyconflicts.Someexpertssuggestthattoday’sEnglishteachingshouldemphasizeinterculturalcommunication.Learnersoughttoknownotonlygrammarorwords,butshouldlearnculturalknowledge.Ifnot,theywillmeetmanydifficultieswhiletheycommunicatewithforeigners.Therefore,itisimportanttointroducethiskindofknowledgewhileteaching.Wecan’tneglecttheimportanceofcultureteachinginmiddleschoolforeignlanguageteaching,EnglishteachersshouldintegratecultureintoELFteachinggraduallyandappropriately.Thusthestudentsmayhaveabetterunderstandingofthetargetlanguage,andtheymaycommunicatefreelyandeffectivelyincross-culturecommunication.Keywords：Cross-culturalcommunication;Culturalteaching;middleschoolELForalteachingContents1.Introduction..................................................................................................................22.theconceptofinterculturalcommunication..........................................................32.1Literaturereview......................................................................................................32.2Definitionofinterculturalcommunication...............................................................43.Asurveybasedonclassroomobservations.............................................................73.1Theanalysisofinterviews........................................................................................73.2Theanalysisofaquestionnaire................................................................................73.2.1Dataanalysisonthequestionnaire(1)..................................................................93.2.2Dataanalysisonthequestionnaire(2)................................................................103.2.3Dataanalysisonculturecurriculum....................................................................124.Waysofimprovingcross-culturalcommunicationcompetenceinmiddleschooloralteaching................................................................................................................154.1Thenecessityofdevelopcross-culturalcommunicationcompetence...................174.2Somestrategiesforimprovingcross-culturalcommunicationcompetenceintheELForallearninginchinesemiddleschool.........................................................174.2.1Somestrategiestolearners....................................................................
