Explore the constructivist theory in students the application of cross-cultural communicative competence.doc

Explore the constructivist theory in students the application of cross-cultural communicative competence Paper Keywords: constructivist theory of cross-cultural communicative competence in English language teaching college students Abstract: In recent years, constructivist theory of teaching cross-cultural communication and how to train students in cross-cultural communication skills and other topics in recent years, much attention to foreign industry experts, however, cross-cultural communicative competence of the connotation and extension in the end? It consists of what elements constitute? And how to develop this ability? cultivate cross-cultural communicative competence, that is, from the teaching content, teaching methods should be to “student-centered”, students cross-cultural communication skills and cultural sensitivity. First, the definition of constructivist theory Constructivism is also known as structuralism, dating back to the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget, cognition, his theory is full of dialectical materialism, he insisted from the interaction of internal and external point of view to study the individual’s cognitive development, he considered individual is in the process of interaction with the surrounding environment gradually construct knowledge about the outside world, so to develop their own cognitive structure. Among the many theories of teaching, such as behavioral theory, cognitive theory, objective theory, only the constructivist theory of contemporary information technology into the educational process of information and education activities to test a standard from the constructivist theory of teaching cross-cultural The meaning of communication skills and how to cultivate cross-cultural communicative competence put forward their own views. intercultural competence is actually composed of the target language ability, cross-cultural communication skills and ability to cross-cultural awareness. This building is not simply the extern