Author(s)

Ke Gao ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ University of Foreign Languages, Xi'an University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710000, China

Corresponding Author

Ke Gao

ABSTRACT

With the acceleration of globalization and the development of internationalization of education in China, English normal students should not only have solid language skills, but also have high intercultural communication ability and cultural awareness. This paper discusses the cultivation strategy of English normal students' cultural awareness in local application-oriented universities, integrates the cultivation of cultural awareness into curriculum and practical activities inside and outside the school, and proposes to enhance students' cultural perception and practical application ability through practical activities such as cultural salons and cross-cultural exchange projects. The effective strategies for cultivating cultural awareness include integrating more cultural content into the curriculum to enhance students' understanding and recognition of multiculturalism; improving students' cultural perception and practical application ability through practical activities inside and outside the school, such as cultural salons and cross-cultural exchange projects; strengthening the training of teachers' cultural awareness. In terms of the score of cultural discussion participation, the average score before the activity was 3.1 (standard deviation was 0.4), while the score after the activity increased to 3.8 (standard deviation was 0.5). This paper provides effective theoretical and practical guidance for English teacher education in local application-oriented undergraduate colleges and promotes cultural literacy education in the process of educational internationalization.

KEYWORDS

Cultural Awareness, English Normal Students, Cross-Cultural Education, Local Applied Undergraduate Colleges

CITE THIS PAPER

Ke Gao, Cultivation of Cultural Awareness of English Normal Students in Local Application-oriented Universities. Adult and Higher Education (2024) Vol. 6: 149-159. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/aduhe.2024.060622.

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