随着全球经济文化的不断交叉融合,文化在交际中的作用日益突出,英语教育者应该改变教学方式,引导学生了解文化差异,从而帮助学生进行成功的跨文化交际。本文主要探讨了语言与文化的关系,指出跨文化知识的学习在外语学习中的重要性,研究了在外语教学中如何培养学生的跨文化交际能力。 As the global economy and culture continue to converge, culture plays an increasingly prominent role in communication. English educators should change their teaching methods and guide students to understand cultural differences so as to help students to conduct successful intercultural communication. This paper mainly discusses the relationship between language and culture, points out the importance of cross-cultural learning in foreign language learning, and studies how to cultivate students’ intercultural communication skills in foreign language teaching.