Abstract

In response to the call for the balanced development of education and the rural revitalization strategy, foreign teachers' teaching outreach to rural areas organized by colleges and universities has become an important practical form to optimize rural English education resources and promote cross-cultural communication. Taking two foreign teachers' teaching outreach activities carried out by the School of Foreign Languages and Cultures of Zhaoqing University in Deqing County in 2025 as a case study, this research adopts qualitative research methods, specifically textual analysis of secondary data such as news reports and activity summaries, to systematically explore the implementation paths and core values of the program in cross-cultural communication practice, empowering rural students' English learning and promoting rural education development. The study finds that foreign teachers have constructed immersive cross-cultural learning scenarios through interesting interactive teaching, which has effectively stimulated rural students' interest in English learning and built a bridge for sharing educational resources between urban and rural areas. The research conclusions can provide practical references for educational researchers to optimize rural English education models, policy makers to improve county-level educational support mechanisms, and school administrators to promote university-local educational cooperation.