A Study of College English Curriculum Innovation from the Perspective of Cross-cultural Communication

Abstract.With the acceleration of globalization, cross-cultural communication has become an indispensable part of people's daily life. Effective cross-cultural communication requires an in-depth understanding and mastery of language habits, values and social norms in different cultural backgrounds. However, for a long time, college English teaching in our country has always focused on the imparting of language knowledge, lacking in-depth discussion of cultural factors such as history, humanities, and folk customs of English-speaking countries, which often leads to misunderstandings and obstacles in cross-cultural communication among students. Therefore, strengthening cultural communication in college English teaching will help students understand and use English better, and improve their cross-cultural communication ability. This study focuses on the innovation and practice of college English teaching models in the context of cross-cultural communication. Through an in-depth analysis of the current college English teaching models, it is found that the traditional teaching models have limitations in cross-cultural communication, and cannot meet the needs of cultivating students' cross-cultural communicative competence under the background of globalization. Therefore, this study proposes a series of innovative college English teaching models aimed at improving students' cross-cultural awareness, cross-cultural communicative competence and comprehensive English use ability.