A study on a present training situation of intercultural communicative competence in ELT by Chinese teachers at various schools

This paper aims to better understand the situation that how well the intercultural communicative competence in ELT is taught by Chinese teachers in different types of schools in Chinese mainland educational system. Nowadays, both students and teachers are aware language and culture should coexist in English learning class which means it is not only the word and grammar students are supposed to learn but also the intercultural communicative competence(ICC) which consists of the combination of language and culture skills. In order to see how much ICC is trained in China recently, this research is based on an interview with three English teachers in different types of school by asking them 4 detailed questions related to the research question. It is hoped this study will promote the development of ICC trainings among Chinese English learners.