加入世贸组织后,中国与世界的联系日益密切,我们迫切需要一批具备英语口语交际能力的人才。然而,我国外语教学的现状确实有种种与高速发展的经济建设要求不相适应之处,尤其是经济发展相对滞后、教育水平不高的西部地区,往往不重视培养学生的外语交际能力,忽视文化教育在高校英语教学中的重要性。鉴于此,本文对少数民族地区的大学英语文化教学进行了探讨。 With China’s accession to the WTO, China has become more and more connected with the rest of the world. We urgently need a group of qualified personnel with oral English skills. However, the current situation of foreign language teaching in our country does not meet the requirements of rapid economic development. Especially in the western regions where the economic development is lagging behind and the level of education is not high, we often fail to attach great importance to cultivating students’ foreign language communicative competence and neglect of culture The Importance of Education in College English Teaching. In view of this, this article discusses the college English culture teaching in ethnic minority areas.