ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a brief rationale for developing intercultural communication as an aspect of enhancing learners' oral skills in English Language Teaching (ELT). It focuses on the context of teaching oral skills in China. The chapter explains how to integrate intercultural communication skills with approaches to develop students' thinking skills and their creative thinking. It shows the application of the suggested approach through the use of published textbook materials and classroom activities for teaching English in universities in China, in particular through the use of 'Participation Activities'. The approach highlights the fundamentals: the development of learners' ability to observe, analyse, and think flexibly. The chapter shows some aims for developing intercultural communication skills in ELT. Teaching Chinese learners in China is a significant case for developing intercultural communication skills. Some applications to develop oral intercultural communication skills in second language situations in Western countries have been developed in Hong Kong universities and schools.
