Therefore, this thesis mainly aims at analyzing some typical cases of socio-pragmatic failure derived from Chinese students in cross-cultural communication, studying the causes and offering several solutions to reduce it, thus improving their communicative competence. 文献综述

The thesis is composed of six parts. Part One introduces the current situation related to the article and puts forward the problems to be discussed, as well as the purposes and significance. Part Two is the literature review, which presents the definitions for cross-cultural communication and socio-pragmatic failure, and elaborates the previous studies. Part Three analyses several cases of socio-pragmatic failure stemming from Chinese students. Part Four expounds the causes of socio-pragmatic failure happening to Chinese students from the perspective of cross-cultural communication. Part Five proposes some strategies for reducing socio-pragmatic failure in cross-cultural communication. Part Six is the ending part, the conclusion of the paper.