Big-Fish--Little-Pond effect on academic self-concept: A cross-cultural (26-country) test of the negative effects of academically selective schools.

Academically selective schools are intended to affect academic self-concept positively, but theoretical and empirical research demonstrates that the effects are negative. The big-fish--little-pond effect (BFLPE), an application of social comparison theory to educational settings, posits that a student will have a lower academic self-concept in an academically selective school than in a nonselective school. This study, the largest cross-cultural study of the BFLPE ever undertaken, tested theoretical predictions for nationally representative samples of approximately 4,000 15-year-olds from each of 26 countries (N=103,558) who completed the same self-concept instrument and achievement tests. Consistent with the BFLPE, the effects of school-average achievement were negative in all 26 countries (M beta=-.20, SD=.08), demonstrating the BFLPE's cross-cultural generalizability. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

A Cross-Cultural Investigation of the Efficacy Beliefs of South Asian Immigrant and Anglo Canadian Nonimmigrant Early Adolescents.

The author explored the mathematics efficacy beliefs of 270 South Asian (Indo Canadian) immigrant and Anglo Canadian nonimmigrant Grade 7 students. Self-efficacy beliefs strongly predicted mathematics performance for both cultural groups, but there were differences between the 2 groups in the sources of self-efficacy, the predictiveness of the secondary motivation variables, and the vertical dimensions of individualism and collectivism. It is argued that the Indo Canadian students are more vertical or hierarchical than the Anglo Canadian students and that comparison with others strongly influences their motivation beliefs and the formation of their efficacy beliefs. Self-efficacy in some cultures may be more other-oriented than is typically seen in Western cultures. A caution against generalizing about Asian populations is given, and implications for school settings are explored. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Culture and group perception: Dispositional and stereotypic inferences about novel and national groups.

In 3 studies, the authors tested the hypothesis that Chinese participants would view social groups as more entitative than would Americans and, as a result, would be more likely to infer personality traits on the basis of group membership--that is, to stereotype. In Study 1, Chinese participants made stronger stereotypic trait inferences than Americans did on the basis of a target's membership in a fictitious group. Studies 2 and 3 showed that Chinese participants perceived diverse groups as more entitative and attributed more internally consistent dispositions to groups and their members. Guided by culturally based lay theories about the entitative nature of groups, Chinese participants may stereotype more readily than do Americans when group membership is available as a source of dispositional inference. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

景德镇的千年陶瓷文化与对外交流翻译人才培养

介绍了享有“瓷都”美誉的景德镇所创造的千年辉煌陶瓷文化的丰富内涵,以及近年来陶瓷文化对外交流的现状;提出培养传承千年陶瓷文化对外交流翻译人才的新目标。作为中国唯一的一所陶瓷高等学府—景德镇陶瓷学院具有得天独厚的特色办学资源,义不容辞地肩负着为社会输送陶瓷文化对外交流翻译人才的职责。     

英语语言文化教育下的英语课堂学习监控

文化是所有语言的载体,与语言有着密不可分的关系。大学英语教师在训练学生传统英语语言能力如听说读写等的同时,也应在课堂教学中渗透英语国家文化知识并结合这两点来监控学生的英语学习情况,使得学生在增强英语能力的同时,也能更好地运用英语进行交流。探讨在大学英语教学中常常被忽略的英语语言文化与中国学生自身文化背景之间的差异,并对作为施教者的教师提出了几点建议,力求达到监控大学英语教学的目的,使学生能够更得体地进行跨文化交流。     

中法日常生活礼仪差异及其文化解读

在中法跨文化交际中,因礼仪上差异而引起的误解和尴尬时有发生。这些差异源于两个民族历史文化背景的不同。了解这些差异及其文化渊源有利于我们在对法语国家乃至对西方其他国家的交往中,相互理解,相互尊重,促进交往。     

跨文化视域下的中西方语言禁忌探索

全球化进程加速了不同文化间的交流,文化差异造成的纠纷也随之出现.语言禁忌作为跨文化交际中的重要元素之一,需要引起足够重视.通过阐释语言禁忌的两个重要方面,归纳了语言禁忌的基本特征,并分析了语言禁忌的产生机制,从而进一步探求跨文化交际技巧.     

Citizens’ Adoption Behavior of Mobile Government (mGov): A Cross-Cultural Study

This study aims to address the paradigms of consumers’ adoption behavior for mobile government, posits the factors which pursue citizens’ intention to adopt mobile government services, and reveals the impact of cultural dimensions in perceiving driving factors of mobile government adoption. The mobile government adoption model was developed and tested among users of three different countries, namely Bangladesh, Canada, and Germany. The finding suggests the rationale that cross-cultural differences impact consumers’ perception of mobile government adoption behavior.     

《跨文化交际学》实践教学方法之运用

《跨文化交际学》实践教学环节对于培养学生跨文化交际能力有着重要的作用,笔者结合学生特点和学校具有的软硬件条件,主要运用了案例教学法、情景模拟法、电影视听教学法和互动教学法四种方法。