Strategies for Developing Cross-cultural Communication Competence in College English Based on Small Private Online Course (SPOC)

Abstract

Under the background of blended teaching, the approaches to enhance college students’ ability to use English in multi-cultural environment are being diversified. This paper explains the importance of cross-cultural communication competence, discusses the features of SPOC and explores the strategies of applying SPOC to the development of cross-cultural communication competence in college English classes.