随着国际交流的日益频繁,作为交流载体的英语日益受到重视,各级各类学校都加大了英语教学的力度。职业技术学校为增强学生的就业能力,提高学生的综合素质,更是将强化英语教学作为突破口。尤其是伴随“以实用为主,以应用为目的”教学思想的提出,高职高专英语教学的理念逐渐发生改变,尤为重视英语学习与学生未来职业的关联。基于这一形势与背景,该文综合论述了跨文化交际能力的教学价值及英语交际能力培养的两种手段,并结合教学经验提出了提高高职高专学生英语交际能力的培养策略,以期与同行交流探讨,共同探索出更多、更适合高职高专学生跨文化交际能力培养的教学模式。 With the increasing frequency of international exchange, English, as the carrier of communication, has been paid more and more attention. All kinds of schools at all levels have stepped up their English teaching. Vocational and technical schools to enhance students’ employability, improve the overall quality of students, but also to strengthen teaching English as a breakthrough. Especially with the teaching idea put forward by “practicality-oriented and application-oriented”, the concept of English teaching in higher vocational colleges gradually changes. The relationship between English learning and students’ future career is especially emphasized. Based on this situation and background, this article comprehensively expounds the teaching value of intercultural communicative competence and two means of cultivating communicative competence in English. Based on the teaching experience, this article puts forward a strategy of raising the communicative competence of English for students in higher vocational colleges. Peer exchanges and explore together to explore more and more suitable for vocational college students intercultural communication ability training teaching mode.