新文科背景下虚拟现实技术(VR)在跨文化交际课程实验教学中的应用

Application of Virtual Reality Technology in the Experiment Teaching of Intercultural Communication Coursesin the Context of New Liberal Arts

在全面推进新文科建设的背景下,《普通高等学校本科外国语言文学类专业教学指南》指出跨文化交际课程应将理论教学和实验教学相融合。实验教学通过为学生提供真实的跨文化交际语境加深学生对跨文化交际理论的理解。在跨文化能力培养的实践模型基础上,作者探索了虚拟现实技术(VR)在跨文化交际课程实验教学中的应用,提出“实虚结合”混合式跨文化交际课程实验教学模式。该模式中传统实验针对理论教学中特定的文化知识要素为学生提供集中实践训练,虚拟仿真实验侧重为学生构建真实的跨文化交际语境,进行综合的实践训练,从而提高跨文化交际课程实验教学的互动性和高效性。

Under the background of promoting the construction of new liberal arts,Foreign Language and Literature Teaching Guide for Undergraduates in Colleges and Universitiespoints out that intercultural communication courses should integrate theory teaching with experiment teaching.Experiment teaching can strengthen students’understanding of theories by offering them opportunities to communicate in authentic intercultural communication context.This paperexplores the application of reality and virtuality technology in the experiment teaching of intercultural communication courses and proposes an experiment teaching model which combines traditional experiments with virtual simulation experiment based on a practical model for intercultural foreign language teaching.The traditional experiment in this model provides students with focused practices aiming at the culture knowledge in the theory teaching.Virtual simulation experiment constructs authentic intercultural communication context and caries out integrated practical training in order to improve the interactivity and efficiency of the experiment teaching of intercultural communication courses.