The cultivation of "5Cs" key competences in college English learning

Abstract

5Cs Framework for Twenty-first Century Key Competences" includes: cultural competence, critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration. Higher education shoulders the responsibility of helping students to improve their 5 key competences. Because of the humanistic nature, College English course can and should integrate cultivating students’ 5 key competences into one of its objectives through reforming the learning material, changing the teaching methods, improving learning design and evaluation.