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A Blended Teaching Mode in College English Writing Based on Intercultural Competence Cultivation

Author(s)

Shanshan Xu

Affiliation(s)

Department of Foreign Language, Zhengzhou University of Science & Technology, Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Abstract

From traditional approach to process approach prevailing in the recent years, it indicts that the foreign language teachers improve the students’ writing abilities by attempts and exploration. However, in practice, these approaches are of disadvantages. This paper focuses on the analysis of current approaches in EFL writing instruction. It is based on the basis of cultivating intercultural competence, with intention to suggest a blended online and offline teaching approach. It creates a real situation to stimulate the interest before writing, encourage students to make full use of online resources and cultivate the students' intercultural competence while writing, and establish multiple interactive evaluation method after writing so as to open a new way of thinking for college English writing teaching.

Keywords

Intercultural Competence; Intercultural Consciousness; Blended Teaching mode; Online Teaching; College English Writing

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