The Development of Middle School Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence: A Case Study of Hangzhou Greentown Yuhua School

Abstract The development of students’ intercultural communicative competence is one of the major objectives of English teaching in middle schools. However, it is insufficient to achieve this goal only in English classroom teaching. This paper is based on the study of how Hangzhou Greentown Yuhua middle school creates the unique school spirit to develop students’ intercultural communicative competence. During a three-month internship and observation, the author focuses on the extracurricular activities and international programs in the school. After analyzing these activities and programs, we can find the influences they have on developing students’ intercultural communicative competence. Meanwhile, in order to know students’ feelings about those activities, the author interviewed ten students from grade one, two and three respectively. This research finds out that the running of some intramural activities such as International Culture Festival and Model United Nations Conference, the organization of the international exchange programs as well as the design of optional courses in Hangzhou Greentown Yuhua Middle School are of great help for developing students’ intercultural communicative competence, and they enrich the way of developing middle school students’ intercultural communicative competence.

Keywords: intercultural communicative competence; extracurricular activities; middle school students; case study 70995

初中生跨文化交际能力培养——以绿城育华学校为例

摘  要学生跨文化交际能力的培养是中学英语课程的最主要目标之一，但仅仅靠外语课堂教学是不足以实现这一目标的。本文以杭州绿城育华学校为案例，尝试探讨该校如何通过全方位创设独特的校园外语文化来培养学生的跨文化交际能力。基于作者在该校三个月的实习与观察，本文重点关注学校的各项外语课外活动和举办的各种国际项目，分析这些活动与项目对培养学生跨文化交际能力的作用。同时，还与10位来自各年纪段的学生进行了访谈，了解学生对这些外语文化活动的感受。研究发现，绿城育华学校通过举办类似国际文化节、模拟联合国会议等项目，开设外语类选修课程，组织国际交流项目等，有助于学生的跨文化交际能力，丰富了中学生跨文化交际能力培养的途径。

毕业论文关键词：跨文化交际能力；课外活动；初中生；案例分析

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Intercultural communicative competence 3

2.1 Intercultural communication 3

2.2. Communicative competence 3

2.3 Intercultural communicative competence 4 

3. The development of students’ intercultural communicative competence in middle schools 6

4. A Case Study of Hangzhou Greentown Yuhua School 7

4.1 Introduction of Hangzhou Greentown Yuhua School 7

4.2 Intramural activities 7

4.2.1 International Culture Festival 7

4.2.2 Model United Nations Conference 8

4.3 International exchange programs 9

4.3.1 Chinese International School 9

4.3.2 Overseas exchange study 10