Cultivating Cultural Self-Awareness to Teach Intercultural Communication

Intercultural communication is undisputably important in today’s world. Schools on every level in China attach great importance to educating young people with intercultural communication competence. Chinese anthropologist Fei Xiaotong developed the concept of cultural self-awareness to meet this urgent need. The paper explores the rich meanings of cultural self-awareness concept and how the idea is relevant to teaching intercultural communication.

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