声明
摘要
Abstract
Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Background of the Thesis
1.2 Research Questions
1.3 Characteristics of Non-Engfish Majors Students
1.4 Significance of the Thesis
1.5 Structures of the Thesis
2 Literature Review
2.1 Intercultural Communicative Competence
2.1.1 Communicative Competence
2.1.2 Intercultural Communicative Competence
2.2 Intercultural Sensitivity
2.2.1 The Importance of Intercultural Sensitivity
2.2.2 The Development of Intercultural Sensitivity
2.2.3 The Definition of Intercultural Sensitivity
2.2.4 Characteristics of Intercultural Sensitivity
3 Research Methodology
3.1 Research Questions
3.2 Subj ects of the Survey
3.2.1 Heilongjiang Institute of Technology
3.2.2 The Population of the Research
3.2.3 The Background of the Participants
3.3 Instruments of the Study
3.3.1 The Adoption of ISS as the Scale
3.3.2 The Procedure of the Research
4 Results and Discussion
4.1 Results from the Investigation
4.1.1 Results from the Questionnaires
4.1.2 Results from Five Factors
4.2 Results from Interview and Observation of the Classes
4.2.1 Present Situation of ESL Learning
4.2.2 Current situation of teaching
4.3 Analysis of the Research Data on the Basis of the Personal Condition and the International Situation
4.3.1 Analysis of the Research Data in Terms of the Participants’ Gender
4.3.2 Analysis of the Research Data in Terms of the Participants’ Characters
4.3.3 Analysis of the Research Data in Terms of the Participants’ Capacity for Language
4.3.4 Analysis of the Research Data in Terms of the Relative Theories
4.4 Summary
5 Conclusions
5.1 Important Findings of the Research
5.1.1 Main Findings of the Non-English Majors Students’ Actual Situation
5.1.2 How to Improve ICC by Enhancing ICS
5.2 Implications for the ESL Teaching
5.2.1 The Strategies for Teachers
5.2.2 The Strategies for Students
5.2.3 Strategies for the Chinese Colleges
5.3 Limitations of the Survey and Suggestions for the Further Study
References
Appendix
Acknowledgments