摘 要

经济全球化和中国国际化的发展使得跨文化活动日益频繁，这对于人才的成长和跨文化能力的培养提出了更高的要求与挑战。近年来，随着电子设备的普及与互联网的高速发展，在线阅读蓬勃发展。有研究表明，英语新闻在线阅读对于培养跨文化交际能力具有促进作用。

本文通过问卷法，对120名在校大学生的英语新闻在线阅读情况与跨文化交际能力进行调查，运用SPSS 20.0分析工具处理所收集数据；为了进一步完善实验结果，本文通过访谈法，对10名在校大学生进行访谈，记录并分析其英语新闻在线阅读的实际情况以及英语新闻在线阅读是如何影响跨文化交际能力。

研究结果表明，英语新闻在线阅读与跨文化交际能力的四个因子（即跨文化认知技能、与外国文化有关的知识、跨文化交流技能和跨文化意识）之间存在正相关关系且相关性显著。本研究通过定性与定量相结合的研究方法，探究英语新闻在线阅读对于跨文化交际的影响，旨在强调英语新闻在线阅读对于培养跨文化交际能力具有的重要作用，以及在教学中的启发与实践意义。

关键词：英语新闻在线阅读；跨文化交际能力；在校大学生

Abstract

The globalization of economy and the development of China’s internationalization makes intercultural activities more and more frequent, which puts forward higher requirements and challenges for the growth of talents and the cultivation of intercultural competence. In recent years, the popularity of electronic devices and the rapid development of the Internet makes online reading become flourished. Some researches show that English news online reading can help readers enhance intercultural competence.

The research uses questionnaire to investigate 120 college students’ situation of English news online reading and ICC. The research uses SPSS 20.0 to analyze the collected data. In order to further explore and supplement the experimental result, the author interviews 10 college students about their situation of English news online reading and conducts the concrete analysis on how reading English news online influences ICC. The result of the research shows that there is a positive and significant correlation between English news online reading and four elements of ICC (intercultural cognition skill, knowledge about foreign culture, intercultural communication skill and intercultural awareness).

The research combines qualitative and quantitative research techniques to explore the influence of English news online reading on ICC. The significance is to emphasize the important function of English news online reading in cultivating college students’ ICC and practical significance in teaching.

Key Words: English news online reading; intercultural communication competence (ICC); college students

Contents

1 Introduction 1

2 Literature Review 3

2.1 Intercultural Communication Competence 3

2.2 English news online reading 5

3 Research Methodology 6

3.1 Research subject 6

3.2 Research method 7

3.2.1 Questionnaire 7

3.2.2 Interview 8

3.3 Data analysis 8

4 Result and Discussion 9

4.1 Current situation of English news reading 9

4.2 Descriptive statistics of English news online reading and ICC 10

4.3 Correlation analysis of English news online reading and ICC 11

4.4 The influence of reading English news online on ICC 13

4.4.1 The influence on intercultural cognition skill 13

4.4.2 The influence on knowledge about foreign culture 14

4.4.3 The influence on intercultural communication skill 15

4.4.4 The influence on intercultural awareness 17

5 Conclusion 19