外国留学生与中国大学生的跨文化敏感度对比调查研究
关键词 留学生 英语专业大三年级学生 跨文化敏感度 对比研究
毕业论文外文摘要
Title Comparative Study on Intercultural Sensitivity of International Students and Chinese Undergraduates
Abstract
Adopting Intercultural Sensitivity Scale, this study makes a comparative study on intercultural sensitivity of both English juniors and international students. The findings manifest that international students have a higher level of intercultural sensitivity than English juniors. Among the five dimensions of intercultural sensitivity, international students differ significantly from English juniors in “Interaction Engagement” and “Interaction Confidence”. For both English juniors and international students, “Respect for Cultural Differences” is positively correlated with “Interaction Enjoyment”. It is found that the ways English juniors and international students adopt most frequently to learn foreign culture are watching movies and chatting with foreigners respectively. This study further explores the reason why international students have higher levels of intercultural sensitivity, offers people some productive methods to improve intercultural sensitivity and enriches the research of intercultural sensitivity with the focus on comparison of Chinese students and international students.
Keywords International Students English Juniors Intercultural Sensitivity Comparative Study
Table of Contents
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Background Information 1
1.2 Purpose of the Study 1
1.3 Research Questions 2
1.4 Organization of the Study 2
2 Literature Review 4
2.1 Definition of Key Terms 4
2.2 Analysis of Previous Studies on Intercultural Sensitivity 4
2.3 Summary 7
3 Methodology 8
3.1 Subjects 8
3.2 Research Instruments 8
3.3 Data Collection Methods and Procedure 9
3.4 Data Processing Methods 9
4 Results and Discussion 11
4.1 The Status Quo of ICS 11
4.2 Correlation of the Five Dimensions 14
4.3 Main Ways to Learn Foreign Culture 17
Conclusion 19
Acknowledgements 21
Bibliography 22
List of Tables
Table 4.1 Descriptive Statistics of ICS Mean Scores and Independent-Samples T Test 12
Table 4.2 Descriptive Statistics of Five Dimensions and Independent-Samples T Test 12
Table 4.3 Correlation of Five Dimensions of English Juniors 15
Table 4.4 Correlation of Five Dimensions of International Students 16
Table 4.5 English Juniors’ Main Ways to Learn Foreign Culture 17
Table 4.6 International Students’ Ways to Learn Foreign Culture 17
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