国别文化课程对英语专业学生跨文化交际能力发展的影响  

Impacts of Cultural Courses of Different Countries on English Majors' Development of Intercultural Communicative Competence

作　　者：常俊跃[1] 金琳[1] 刘诗宇[1] 

机构地区：[1]大连外国语大学

出　　处：《语言教育》2016年第2期18-24,共7页Language Education

基　　金：国家社科基金项目"内容教学法理论指导下英语专业整体课程体系改革与实践研究"(项目编号:12BYY050);2015年大连外国语大学教学改革项目"英语专业本科英语国家国别区域方向特色课程体系的探索性研究"(项目编号:201520202)的阶段性研究成果

摘　　要：英语专业教育要求扩大学生的知识面,增强对文化差异的敏感性,提高综合运用英语进行跨文化交际的能力。我国某高校英语专业在内容与语言融合教学理念的指导下对传统的英语语言技能课程进行了改革,为学生开设了国别文化系列必修课程。本研究重点关注国别文化课程对学生跨文化交际能力产生的影响。研究采用了定量与定性相结合的方法,通过测试、课堂观察和访谈采集研究数据,对学习国别文化课程的实验组和学习传统语言技能课程的对照组进行准实验对比研究。研究获得以下结果:第一,实验组的跨文化知识、沟通技能、跨文化态度发展显著优于对照组;第二,在构成跨文化交际能力的诸要素中,实验组文化知识、行为灵活技能、身份维护技能、互动管理技能、互动信心、交际参与的发展显著优于对照组,互动愉悦、尊重异国文化发展优于对照组但无显著性差异。总体来看,国别文化课程对学生跨文化交际能力的发展产生了非常积极的影响。分析课堂观察和访谈数据发现,两组产生的差异与课程设置、教学方法、评价方法有关。本项研究的结果对改革英语专业的课程体系、提高学生的跨文化交际能力具有积极的启示意义。The education of English majors is expected to widen students＇ range of knowledge,enhance their sensitivity to cultural differences and improve their ICC（Intercultural Communicative Competence） in English,a reform on the conventional skill-oriented curriculum was attempted for English majors in a Chinese tertiary institution guided by the philosophy of content and language integrated teaching and learning and a series of cultural courses of different countries were offered.This study focused on the impact of the cultural courses on English majors＇ ICC.With tests,classroom observations and interviews as instruments for data collection,a mixed method of qualitative and quantitative studies was employed in a quasi-experimental study through a comparison of the experimental group learning the cultural courses of different countries and the control group learning the conventional language courses.The study yielded the following findings.Firstly,the experimental group performed significantly better than the control group in the development of intercultural knowledge,communicative skills and intercultural attitude.Secondly,the experimental group performed better than the control group in the components of ICC with their interaction enjoyment and respect for cultural differences insignificantly better and with cultural knowledge,behavioral flexibility skill,identity maintenance skill,interaction management skill,interaction confidence and interaction engagement significantly better than the control group.In general,cultural courses exerted very positive impacts on the development of English majors＇ ICC.Analysis of the data collected through classroom observation and questionnaires revealed that the differences of the two groups were related to the differences in courses,teaching methods and assessments.The findings may shed light on the reform of the curriculum for English majors and the improvement of their ICC.

关 键 词：国别文化课程 语言课程 跨文化交际能力 影响 

分 类 号：H319[语言文字—英语]