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Reconceptualizing intercultural communicative competence: A multinational perspective
Research in Comparative and International Education ( IF 1.6 ) Pub Date : 2020-02-05 , DOI: 10.1177/1745499920901948
Alvino E. Fantini 1
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Given current trends in international education, many institutions of higher education in the United States and elsewhere seek to prepare students for life and careers in a globalized world. For many institutions, this means internationalizing curriculum and campus, increasing educational exchange opportunities (for both domestic and international students), and developing intercultural abilities in their students. In the process, several questions arise: (1) which strategies are effective, (2) what research gaps exist, (3) what standards measure quality, and (4) what factors determine the quality and effectiveness of their efforts while lacking evidence about competencies? This article explores a possible response to the questions posed drawing on half a century of experience in educational exchange and intercultural service, a review of the intercultural literature, plus two multinational research projects. These combined efforts led to an expansion and (re)conceptualization of the seminar theme of intercultural effectiveness. Despite more than 50 terms found in the literature (including “intercultural effectiveness”) (see, among others, Byram, 1997; Deardorff, 2004; Edelstein, 2014; Martin and Nakayama, 2000), to describe abilities needed for intercultural interaction, one term emerges as perhaps the most comprehensive and most accurate – intercultural communicative competence (ICC).

中文翻译:

跨文化交际能力的重新概念化:多国视角

考虑到国际教育的当前趋势,美国和其他地方的许多高等教育机构都在为学生在全球化世界中的生活和职业做好准备。对于许多机构而言,这意味着课程和校园的国际化,增加(面向国内外学生的)教育交流机会以及发展其学生的跨文化能力。在这个过程中,出现了几个问题:(1)哪些策略有效,(2)哪些研究差距存在,(3)哪些标准衡量质量,(4)哪些因素决定了其工作的质量和有效性,而缺乏关于能力?本文探讨了基于半个世纪的教育交流和跨文化服务经验提出的问题的可能答案,回顾跨文化文学,以及两个跨国研究项目。这些共同的努力导致了跨文化有效性研讨会主题的扩大和(重新)概念化。尽管在文献中发现了50多个术语(包括“跨文化有效性”)(尤其参见Byram,1997; Deardorff,2004; Edelstein,2014; Martin和Nakayama,2000)来描述跨文化互动所需的能力,这个术语可能是最全面,最准确的跨文化交际能力(ICC)。除其他外,Byram,1997年;迪亚多夫(Deardorff),2004年;Edelstein,2014年;Martin和Nakayama,2000年),描述了跨文化交流所需的能力,一个术语也许是最全面,最准确的跨文化交际能力(ICC)。除其他外,Byram,1997年;迪亚多夫(Deardorff),2004年;Edelstein,2014年;Martin和Nakayama,2000年),描述了跨文化交流所需的能力,一个术语可能是最全面,最准确的跨文化交际能力(ICC)。
更新日期:2020-02-05
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