文档介绍：Intercultural Approach to ELT
in China
Shanghai University
Zhuang Enping
enpingz@
December 29, 2008
Three parts to be discussed
1. Teaching methodology and Social
development
2. Objective of ELT
3. How to achieve the objective
Part 1 Teaching methodology and social development
Perspective from ELT reform
ELT in China has seen its changes
from the grammar-translation method
to the direct method,
to the audio-lingual method,
to municative approach

My view to these changes is:
The social development brings about the changes of teaching methodology
Perspective from social development
Since 1978
Start of reform and opening-up
WTO- World anization
Economic globalization
International cooperation/projects/exchanges
international trade/ business
joint ventures/ multinational corporations
mergers and acquisitions
cross cultural marriage
munication
The problem we are facing:
learning foreign cultures
understanding cultural differences
managing cultural conflicts
Intercultural (communication) competence
Part 2 Objective of ELT
To develop students’ comprehensive skills of the English language (English-teaching Syllabus)
Students are strong in petence or petence,
but weak in intercultural (communication) competence in their job performance in the intercultural context.
petence of English majors in the
intercultural workplace refers to the following (English-teaching Syllabus):
municate and collaborate with each other;
to mediate and adapt to different working environments;
to present suggestions and participate in discussion;
anize people and work;
to understand people and handle any work or emergency;
to be flexible in solving problems
外语专业的学生在工作中的运用能力主要指,能够从事不同文化间交流与合作的能力,协调能力,适应工作的能力,独立提出建议和讨论问题的能力,组织能力,知人处事的能力,灵活应变的能力。
petence is not petence, petence,
but intercultural (communication) competence
What is petence (ICC)
My definition of ICC refers to petence to plish a specific task in the intercultural context through