语言是文化的载体和主要表现形式,英语教学是语言教学,当然离不开文化教学。英语教学中的文化教学方法对学生文化意识的培养至关重要。本文拟从在英语教学中如何把文化教学和语言教学有机结合起来为出发点,阐述英语教学中文化教学的内涵、目的、方法,以加强对学生跨文化交际能力的培养。 Language is the carrier and main form of culture. English teaching is language teaching, of course, it can not be separated from culture teaching. The culture teaching method in English teaching is very important to cultivate students’ cultural awareness. This article intends to combine the cultural teaching with the language teaching in the English teaching as an starting point, and expounds the connotation, purpose and methods of the cultural teaching in English teaching so as to enhance the cultivation of students’ intercultural communication skills.