ABSTRACT The primary purpose of this article is to demonstrate the execution of a successful short- term study trip to Southeast Asia and its influence on a student’s cultural intelligence. This article discusses an academic component of an international study trip that was developed for sophomores at a private university in the New England region of the United States. In an attempt to internationalize, the university led students on a 2-week international trip to Malaysia and Singapore known as the Sophomore International Experience. The authors have developed a model that combines an academically rigorous curriculum that juxtaposes domestic events/experiences with those of the foreign country and propose that the trip gives students first- hand international experience that prepares them to develop a global perception. The article evaluates the validity of the proposed theory with the help of the Cultural Intelligence Scale that measures significance improvements in cultural intelligence after taking the trip.

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东南亚文化浸没之旅：跨文化智能研究

摘要本文的主要目的是演示成功的短期赴东南亚学习之旅的实施及其对学生文化智能的影响。本文讨论了国际学习之旅的学术组成部分，该学习之旅是为美国大二学生在美国新英格兰地区的一所私立大学开发的。为了国际化，该大学带领学生进行了为期2周的马来西亚和新加坡国际旅行，称为大二国际体验。作者开发了一个模型，该模型结合了严格的学术课程，将国内事件/经验与外国事件并列，并建议这次旅行为学生提供第一手的国际经验，为他们发展全球视野做好准备。