Intercultural Difference and Speaker’s Intention

Every word has its meaning,which includes both surface meaning and deep meaning.To achieve certain pragmatic effects,speakers often have certain intention when saying something.People in different cultures think differently with the same utterance,which is attributed to intercultural difference.     

基于体验式学习理论的高职跨文化交际课程实施

跨文化交际课程对高等职业院校涉外专业学生涉外职场环境下交际能力的培养具有重要的指导意义,文章将大卫.库伯的体验式学习理论运用于跨文化交际课程实施的全过程,并提出了体验式文化学习循环圈,以期为提高高职涉外专业学生的英语跨文化交际能力作出微薄努力。     

基于先排序再比较计算元素权重的层次分析法

在层次分析法中,提出了先排序再比较确定元素权重方法替代用判断矩阵确定元素权重的方法.此方法一定程度上减少了判断不一致性、降低了人工比较次数,更适用于涉及因素和对象较多的问题.实验结果表明该方法的有效性.     

Queer Intercultural Relationality: An Autoethnography of Asian–Black (Dis)Connections in White Gay America

For this critical intercultural inquiry, I as an Asian/Japanese transnational cisgendered gay man write my autoethnography of queer (or non-heteronormative) Asian–Black (dis)connections. Specifically, I challenge, interrogate, and problematize my queer intercultural production of desire and attraction as I engage in my critical autoethnographic interrogation of dialogues with five Asian/Japanese transnational gay men who have previously engaged in queer Asian–Black relationality. In so doing, I intend to create a potential point of departure to decenter the discursive and material effects of White gay normativity in the knowledge production of Asian queer male desire and attraction.     

Towards a Model of Intercultural Communicative Competence in Iranian EFL Context: Testing the Role of International Posture,Ideal L2 Self,L2 Self-Confidence,and Metacognitive Strategies

ABSTRACT

This study aimed to present a model of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) by incorporating international posture, motivational disposition (ideal L2 self), second language (L2) self-confidence, and metacognitive learning strategies. To this end, 150 Iranian L2 learners, selected through convenience sampling procedure, took part in the research. The findings of structural equation modelling revealed that the proposed model showed adequate fit to the data, implying that the model is appropriate in Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) context. Also, the results indicated that learners with a high level of international posture are more likely to bridge the gap between their present and ideal selves. This was, additionally, argued that internationally oriented and ideally motivated learners become confident of their abilities to get engaged in interaction with L2 target communities. Furthermore, metacognitive learning strategies were found to be directly associated with ICC, implicating that the learners who continuously reflect on their learning and evaluate their performances are more prone to have a higher level of ICC. Finally, suggestions were offered for language teachers and policy-makers to inspire their learners to be more competent in communication with people of other cultures and languages.     

Why do christian churches,and not universities,facilitate intercultural engagement for Chinese international students?

The paper offers new, significant insights into the Church engagement experiences of Chinese international students in the UK. Based on a mixed-method research and focusing on a group of international Chinese students participating in local Christian churches, it explores the motivations (for), dynamics and types of connections students establish and maintain with the church communities, and the implications for stakeholders in facilitating intercultural engagement with the local community. The limited cross-cultural interactions alongside other structural and contextual factors often deprive meaningful engagement between international students and host nationals within the campus. According to the research participants, internationalised university is promising and promoting intercultural experiences but not delivering them. Chinese students of usually non-Christian background gravitate towards Christian churches as alternative places to gain desired intercultural experiences. The findings encourage universities to reflect on the quality of intercultural engagement for international students and draw from the reciprocal and respectful intercultural connections that some students discovered through engaging with Christian churches.     

信息迷雾:国家战略竞争中不可忽视的重要对象

[目的/意义]在大国竞争日渐激烈的非常时期信息迷雾日益凸显,明晰和破除信息迷雾、防止战略误判是一项紧迫而严峻的情报工作。[方法/过程]文章通过阐述信息迷雾的由来,明确信息迷雾是国家战略竞争中不可忽视的重要对象,以美国对华及其他国家所实施信息迷雾和成本欺诈的案例,进一步分析其制造信息迷雾的意图及能够得逞的原因。[结果/结论]分析发现,受施国对施加国所形成的路径依赖、规则依赖和对抗依赖是信息迷雾始作俑者达成目的的重要原因。如要防范和破除信息迷雾造成的消极影响,就必须立足国家利益、树立底线思维、掌控真实情况,要以事物对象的自身规律为参照,增加成本视角的思考,审慎看待西方的话语和术语概念,对信息迷雾的发起方进行全面细致的情报工作,正确进行战略判断。     

Business communication as cultural text: Exchange and feedback of promotional video clips

Our research is a response to the need to improve the understanding of the complexity of global professional communication. To investigate the complex cultural interpretations that producers and audiences apply to professional texts, we developed a two-year interactive project. Business students in New Zealand and Israel produced promotional “texts” – video clips to promote a university program – which they exchanged with their counterparts overseas to receive feedback. We adapted models of home-made visual communication and advertising which used the categories of participants, settings, topics, and style, to analyze the eight clips. Emergent findings suggested two more categories – information and language – as important analytical tools. Variables of age, gender, intra- and intercultural differences, and (cultural) context also resulted in student audiences’ multiple interpretations of the texts. The outcomes indicate the need to extend the culture-in-context approach for a “situation focused communication approach,” where the primary focus is a group of producers and their audience as they produce and interpret a professional text. This approach also foregrounds contextual variables and a plural understanding of culture to accommodate the potential for miscommunication of business and professional texts in pluricultural contexts.     

爱的源头情的绝唱——浅析《诗经·国风》中的爱情诗

《诗经·国风》中的爱情诗,是《诗经》中具有人民性和健康审美情感的精华部分.透过这些作品,我们可以了解到《诗经》时代人民纯挚的爱情生活,由尔激励和警策现代人更深刻更广泛地去认识生活、追求自由幸福的婚姻生活.     

关于跨文化语言交流的思考

跨文化交流是互通有无、融合趋同的过程,语言交流是跨文化交流的基础.文章围绕跨文化语言交流,归纳了跨文化语言交流中经常出现的文化冲突,提出了提高跨文化语言交流能力的途径.