Applying output-drive, input-enabled hypothesis in college students’ intercultural communication competence: a case study of sichuan university of arts and science

Abstract

Nowadays, globalization has already changed the whole world than anyone could imagine. China adopts an open mind to the change for globalization, and spares no effort to participate in international economic cooperation, which means more opportunities for Chinese students to study and work abroad. Therefore, it is not necessary but a must to cultivate college students’ intercultural communication competence. This paper is to conduct a survey in Sichuan University of Arts and Science, involving 180 non-English Major freshmen. By the combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis, this paper is to discuss the problems existing in the process of cultivating college students’ intercultural communication competence, such as: insufficient output of students’ language competence, and inadequate input of culture knowledge,and probe into the reasons for those problems. Meanwhile, this paper also put forward some solutions about how to cultivate college students’ intercultural communication competency with the perspective of output--driven, Input--enabled Hypothesis.