A Study on English Politeness Terms and Teaching Application in Cultural Communication

Politeness is a common social phenomenon in various cultures. Polite language is an important means in people'sdaily language communication. Different cultures have different polite language. Politeness is an essential aspectof language communicative competence, and cultivating students' intercultural communicative competence is oneof the main objectives of foreign language teaching. In this context, in order to avoid conflicts andmisunderstandings in cross-cultural communication, it is very important to know how to use polite expressionscorrectly. Therefore, this paper analyzes the different politeness principles between China and the West and thepragmatic differences between English and Chinese politeness expressions in greetings, appellations, thanks andcompliments. In order to provide some enlightenment for the cultivation of students' communicative competence inEnglish teaching.