声明
摘要
Abstract
Contents
List of Tables
Introduction
Chapter One Literature Review
1.1 Empathy
1.1.1 Definition
1.1.2 Empathy VS Sympathy
1.2 Cultural Empathy
1.2.1 Definition
1.2.2 Cultural Empathy in Reading
1.3 The Cultivation of Cultural Empathy
1.3.1 The Need to Cultivate Cultural Empathy
1.3.2 Ways to Cultivate Cultural Empathy
1.4 Theoretical Foundations
1.4.1 Ruben’s Theory About Effective Intercultural Communication Competence
1.4.2 Cegala’s Interaction Involvement Theory
1.5 Necessity of the Research
1.5.1 Research Done So Far
1.5.2 Cultural Barriers Confronting College Students in Reading Comprehension
1.5.3 The Need to Do This Research
Chapter Two Research Design
2.1 Objectives
2.2 Participants
2.3 Instruments
2.3.1 Socio-cultural Tests
2.3.2 Reading Tests
2.3.3 Questionnaire
2.3.4 Statistical Product and Service Solutions 15.0
2.4 Procedures
2.4.1 Materials Selecting
2.4.2 Pre-test
2.4.3 Teaching Experiment
2.4.4 Post-test
2.5 Ways adopted in the Teaching Experiment
2.5.1 Before class
2.5.2 In class
2.5.3 After class
2.6 Data Collection and Analysis
Chapter Three Results and Discussion
3.1 Results of the Social-cultural Tests
3.1.1 Description
3.1.2 Analysis
3.1.3 Discussion
3.2 Results of the Reading Tests
3.2.1 Description
3.2.2 Analysis
3.2.3 Discussion
3.3 The Correlation Between Cultural Empathy Competence and Reading Comprehension
3.4 The Effectiveness of the Ways Applied in the Experiment
Chapter Four Findings and Implications
4.1 Major Findings
4.2 Pedagogical Implications
4.2.1 Implication to Teachers
4.2.2 Implication to Students
4.2.3 Implication to Teaching Material Compilers
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendices
Acknowledgements
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