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The Effect of Thai Majors’ Overseas Study on Intercultural Competence: A Case Study of Thai Majors of Yunnan Agricultural University
School of Foreign Languages, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
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Abstract
This study adopted both intercultural competence assessment and interview to analyze the effect of the “overseas study” learning mode on cultivating and improving students’ intercultural competence. The factors that influenced the development of college students’ intercultural competence were summarized. The study revealed that there were differences in the dimensions of native and Thai cultural knowledge, intercultural skills and awareness. It also demonstrated that gender, language capability and culture knowledge were responsible for the discrepancy. The study recommended that it is inevitable to strengthen culture comparison in overseas learning and strengthen female’s intercultural competence.
KeywordsIntercultural CompetenceOverseas StudyThai Majors
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