随着经济全球化的推进,各国之间的关系越来越紧密,相互之间的交流也日渐频繁,要求外语学习者能够与不同民族、文化背景的人进行交流。在当今的外语教学中,许多语言学家和教育工作者普遍认为外语教学的最终目的在于交际,而语言的交际又不可离开文化,因此,将跨文化意识引入外语教学之中,进而培养和提高学生的跨文化交际水平,是当前我国高校外语教学必须关注的重要问题。本文中,笔者通过阐述跨文化意识培养对大学外语教学的重要意义,明确其在大学外语教学中的重要地位,进而为如何在大学外语教学中培养跨文化意识提出一些合 With the advancing of economic globalization, the relations among various countries are getting closer and closer, and the exchanges among them are also becoming more frequent. Foreign language learners are required to communicate with people of different nationalities and cultures. In today’s foreign language teaching, many linguists and educators generally believe that the ultimate goal of foreign language teaching is communication, and language communication can not leave the culture, therefore, cross-cultural awareness into foreign language teaching, and then to develop and improve Students’ intercultural communication level is an important issue that must be paid attention to in foreign language teaching in Chinese colleges and universities. In this article, I elaborate the importance of cultivating cross-cultural awareness in college foreign language teaching, clarify its important position in college foreign language teaching, and then put forward some suggestions on how to cultivate cross-cultural awareness in college foreign language teaching