From the perspective of the Third Space Theory(TST),this study explores eighteen international students’experiences and perceptions of their intercultural interactions on a university campus in Shanghai,the People’s...From the perspective of the Third Space Theory(TST),this study explores eighteen international students’experiences and perceptions of their intercultural interactions on a university campus in Shanghai,the People’s Repulic of China(PRC).The study employs an open-ended questionnaire and two focus group interviews to collect qualitative data.The research findings reveal that participants make creative use of their third space to different degrees and in certain forms.Furthermore,the research findings identify several factors influencing their intercultural growth,including the lack of meaningful learning in intercultural interaction and students’discrepant motives.The conclusion supports the claim that to better improve international students’intercultural competence,it is of great importance for both students and faculty members to co-develop intercultural awareness and skills.展开更多
The competence set analysis technology can be applied to solve the decision making problems successfully and satisfactorily. This paper mainly focuses on the expanding strategy research and development of the competen...The competence set analysis technology can be applied to solve the decision making problems successfully and satisfactorily. This paper mainly focuses on the expanding strategy research and development of the competence set under risk and uncertainty. A systematic expression of the competence set analysis is described, several expanding principles and strategies with regard to several different cases are presented, and their applications in the personnel training program are discussed, some conclusions and suggestions to be developed in a further work are included.展开更多
Work is changing. Traditional approaches to prevention fall short. A broader understanding of prevention and the cultural transformation associated with it mean that there are new demands on companies and their employ...Work is changing. Traditional approaches to prevention fall short. A broader understanding of prevention and the cultural transformation associated with it mean that there are new demands on companies and their employees. People and organisations need competences for this transformation; they must be empowered to create humane living and working conditions. In order for people and organisations to be able to develop competences for the transformation,appropriate structural conditions in educational institutions and workplaces must be created. These conditions should enable people to experience a feeling of competence,to feel part of something and to perceive their actions as autonomous.展开更多
The pace of globalization leads to an unremitting attention on the cultivation of intercultural competence as well as intercultural citizenship education.This article argues that cultural intelligence functions as an ...The pace of globalization leads to an unremitting attention on the cultivation of intercultural competence as well as intercultural citizenship education.This article argues that cultural intelligence functions as an effective pathway to assess and develop one's ability of adaptation in a culturally diverse context.The further analysis provides an evidence for the feasibility of integrating cultural intelligence development with foreign language education programs.展开更多
Foreign language learning starts with the cultivation of learners' linguistic competence and can only be called successful if learners are inter- culturally competent. This article first takes a closer look at the...Foreign language learning starts with the cultivation of learners' linguistic competence and can only be called successful if learners are inter- culturally competent. This article first takes a closer look at the origin and significance of intercultural communication,then compares the differences between Chinese and western culture in marriage,heroism and educational concepts,and finally suggests attaching importance to the integration of language learning and cultural transmission,cultivation of both cultural sensitivity and cultural empathy in order to help language learners acquire communicative competence.展开更多
基金supported by Shanghai Peak Discipline Program(Class I):Foreign Language and Literaturesupported by Teacher Education Curriculum Reform Research Project,Education Department of Henan,Under Grant No.(2017-JSJYZ D-011),namely“An Experimental Study on the Cultivation Mode of Provincial Teachers Cultivation under the Guidance of Zhongyuan Teachers’Studio”
文摘From the perspective of the Third Space Theory(TST),this study explores eighteen international students’experiences and perceptions of their intercultural interactions on a university campus in Shanghai,the People’s Repulic of China(PRC).The study employs an open-ended questionnaire and two focus group interviews to collect qualitative data.The research findings reveal that participants make creative use of their third space to different degrees and in certain forms.Furthermore,the research findings identify several factors influencing their intercultural growth,including the lack of meaningful learning in intercultural interaction and students’discrepant motives.The conclusion supports the claim that to better improve international students’intercultural competence,it is of great importance for both students and faculty members to co-develop intercultural awareness and skills.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 79870030).
文摘The competence set analysis technology can be applied to solve the decision making problems successfully and satisfactorily. This paper mainly focuses on the expanding strategy research and development of the competence set under risk and uncertainty. A systematic expression of the competence set analysis is described, several expanding principles and strategies with regard to several different cases are presented, and their applications in the personnel training program are discussed, some conclusions and suggestions to be developed in a further work are included.
文摘Work is changing. Traditional approaches to prevention fall short. A broader understanding of prevention and the cultural transformation associated with it mean that there are new demands on companies and their employees. People and organisations need competences for this transformation; they must be empowered to create humane living and working conditions. In order for people and organisations to be able to develop competences for the transformation,appropriate structural conditions in educational institutions and workplaces must be created. These conditions should enable people to experience a feeling of competence,to feel part of something and to perceive their actions as autonomous.
文摘The pace of globalization leads to an unremitting attention on the cultivation of intercultural competence as well as intercultural citizenship education.This article argues that cultural intelligence functions as an effective pathway to assess and develop one's ability of adaptation in a culturally diverse context.The further analysis provides an evidence for the feasibility of integrating cultural intelligence development with foreign language education programs.
基金the staged achievement of the teaching reform project of the institution of higher learning of Chongqing Municipality(CQGJ13B314)the teaching reform project of Chongqing University of Technology(2014ZD09)
文摘Foreign language learning starts with the cultivation of learners' linguistic competence and can only be called successful if learners are inter- culturally competent. This article first takes a closer look at the origin and significance of intercultural communication,then compares the differences between Chinese and western culture in marriage,heroism and educational concepts,and finally suggests attaching importance to the integration of language learning and cultural transmission,cultivation of both cultural sensitivity and cultural empathy in order to help language learners acquire communicative competence.
