出国留学语境框架下跨文化敏感度调查研究——以2016-2017年美国富布莱特外语助教为例

An Investigation into 2016-2017 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants’ Intercultural Sensitivity Under the Context of Studying Abroad

本研究采用美国著名跨文化交际学者斯特罗斯塔(Starosta)和陈国明(Guoming Chen)于2000年设计的跨文化交际敏感度测试量表,对部分参与2016-2017年美国富布莱特外语助教进行调查测试。结果表明来自不同国家的外语助教的跨文化敏感水平总体较高;与外国助教相比中国助教的跨文化敏感度相对差,说明中国助教的跨文化敏感度还有待提高;跨文化敏感度的强弱与曾经有无国外留学和工作经历成正比;与学历高低关系不大;五个因素中差异认同感和交际愉悦感水平最强,而交际信心最弱;五个因素内部大多呈现正相关关系;同时探讨了本研究对中国推进汉语国际教育发展的参考和借鉴。

By using Intercultural Sensitivity Scale designed in2000 by American famous professor Starosta and professor Chen Guoming,this paper conducts a statistical and descriptive analysis about the intercultural sensitivity of part of 2016-2017 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants(FLTA).The research results show that those Fulbright FLTAs from different countries have quite high intercultural sensitivity.Compared with Foreign FLTAs,Chinese FLTAs have comparatively lower intercultural sensitivity,which indicates they still have to improve it.Besides,the strength of intercultural sensitivity is proportional to studying abroad and working abroad experience,but has little relevance with degrees.Among the five elements of the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale,FLTAs get the highest mark at Respect for Cultural Differences and Interaction Enjoyment,while the lowest at Interaction Confidence.The correlation coefficient analysis reveals that the five factors are mostly positively correlated.Moreover,the paper also discusses its references for China to promote Chinese language,culture and development of Chinese International Education.