Empirical Study on the Intercultural Sensitivity of Students in Science and Technology Universities in Jiangxi Province
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.201202.139How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- ICC, ISS, awareness, attitudes, skills
- Abstract
Intercultural communication has increasingly attracted global attention with the development of economic, cultural and political integration. Intercultural communication is not only one of the main components in College English Curriculum but also regarded as an important skill which global citizens must own. To meet the needs of China’s social development and international exchanges, college students should develop their cultural awareness to communicate effectively. How to define the term of intercultural communicative competence becomes vital in developing and assessing learners’ intercultural competence. In order to construct the performance model of intercultural communicative competence of Chinese university students, this research adopts an empirical study of the intercultural sensitivity of Chinese college students by taking science and technology universities in Jiangxi Province as example. The research is conducted through Intercultural Sensitivity Scale developed by Chen and Starosta. The findings validate the use of ISS and could awaken Chinese College English teachers to the intercultural sensitivity of their students which is often overlooked in practical teaching.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Xing Liu PY - 2020 DA - 2020/12/03 TI - Empirical Study on the Intercultural Sensitivity of Students in Science and Technology Universities in Jiangxi Province BT - Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Management and Social Sciences (ISMSS 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 349 EP - 354 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201202.139 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.201202.139 ID - Liu2020 ER -