Strategies to cultivate students’ intercultural communicative competence in higher vocational English teaching under the “Belt and Road” perspective

Abstract

With the depth of the “One Belt and One Road” initiative, international economic and cultural exchanges are increasingly
frequent, more and more contacts between our country and other countries, the market enhances the demand for cross-cultural
communication talents. Under this background, English teachers in higher vocational colleges should attach importance to the cultivation of
students’ intercultural communication skills, so that students can have smooth communication in a multicultural environment, tell Chinese
stories well in English, improve students’ service ability in the workplace, and help students’ comprehensive development. Based on this,
this paper analyzes the cultivation strategies of students’ intercultural communicative competence in English teaching in vocational colleges
under the “Belt and Road” perspective, so as to provide a reference for educators.