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Proper Discourse on Cross―Cultural Communication of Chinese School Students 　　Abstract： Via more than 30 years of reformation and opening up， China has had a healthy and rapid development. It has come to center of the world stage from the brink. Intelligent cross-cultural communications of Chinese students will greatly benefit China， even the world， not only because of globalization but because the nation has been on rise. This paper will facially analyze some misleading expressions during cross-cultural communication discourse based on one of the dimensions of Hofstedes paradigm theory- Low versus high uncertainty avoidance. And through such a way， I sincerely hope that there will be more courses on developing cross-cultural communication competence in school education. 　　Key words：Discourse of cross-cultural communication；Hofstedes theory； Misleading expression； Competence 　　中图分类号：G648 文献标识码：B文章编号：1672-1578（2016）06-0160-01 　　1. Introduction 　　According to a research conducted in America， the number of international students attending universities in the U.S. has increased significantly in the last decade. Although international students can bring talents and diversity to higher education in the U.S.， they inevitably experience challenges as they adjust to the American culture. These challenges range from language barriers， relational issues， to loneliness and racial discrimination. They are all part of the cross-cultural adaptation process that individuals experience while adjusting to the host country. However， such a trend is also applicable in China with its increasing charming in both financial development and political influence. 　　As stated in the abstract above， the aim of this theoretical paper is to reveal the necessity of assigning a high priority to teaching cultural issues in an English language course in university in order to develop the school students cross-cultural awareness and communicative competence. The paper rationale stems from th