SUGGESTIONS ON DEVELOPING CHINESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE IN NET ENVIRONMENT

This paper presents an empirical study on Chinese university students’ intercultural
communication competence. The results show that learners should promote their cultural
knowledge, intercultural sensitivity, communication strategies and intercultural awareness,
etc. Suggestions for the curriculum and pedagogy of intercultural communication and the
methods in developing Chinese university students’ intercultural communication competence
in net environment are provided based on the research results.