大学英语中医科生跨文化交际能力培养研究——基于ISS量表的跨文化敏感度水平测量

跨文化交际能力包括认知、情感和行为三个方面,跨文化敏感度是跨文化交际的情感层面。跨文化交际能力的培养是大学英语教学的主要内容之一,培养学生的国际视野和全球意识也是高素质医学人才培养的要求。本研究采用ISS量表测试了医学本科生的跨文化敏感度水平,以及其与五因子的相关性。研究结果显示,他们的跨文化敏感度总体水平中等偏上,跨文化敏感度水平与五项因子均呈显著性正相关。访谈问题的文本分析表明,93.57%的学生没有跨文化交际经历,大部分学生认为英语能力会影响跨文化交际能力,近一半学生希望在大学英语课堂上练习并提高听力和口语水平。

Intercultural communicative competence includes abilities in cognition,affection,and behavior,and intercultural sensitivity is the affective aspect.The cultivation of intercultural communicative competence is a main part of college English teaching,and global perspective is also one of the requirements for medical professional talents.ISS was adopted to measure the intercultural sensitivity in medical undergraduates,and the results showed that the medical undergraduates exhibited a medium to high level in intercultural sensitivity,and significant correlation exists between ISS and all five factors.Textual analysis of interview questions showed that 93.57% of the students don't have intercultural experience,most students claim language proficiency has an impact on intercultural communication abilities,and nearly half of them hope to improve their listening and speaking proficiency in the course of college English study.