外语教学的根本目的是为了实现跨文化交际。语言的迁移实际上是文化的迁移,语言学习或习得是接受文化渗透。在外语教学中要对两种交际文化进行对比,以此影响学生运用目的语去实现跨文化交际的行为。本文探讨了如何在英语报刊阅读选修课教学中培养学生的跨文化交际能力。 The fundamental purpose of foreign language teaching is to achieve intercultural communication. The transfer of language is actually the transfer of culture, language learning or acquisition is to accept cultural infiltration. In foreign language teaching, it is necessary to compare two kinds of communicative culture, so as to affect students’ use of target language to achieve intercultural communication. This article explores how to cultivate students’ intercultural communicative competence in English newspaper reading elective courses.