從臺灣大學生的跨文化經驗省思跨文化素養議題

A Reflection of Current Issues on Intercultural Competence from the Experiences of Taiwanese College Students

全球化使人類緊密相連，亦帶動文化間的碰撞，跨文化素養已是全球公民的基本素養。面對全球共同議題及漸趨多元的社會，臺灣人更應了解並具備跨文化素養。教育是涵育素養的基石，臺灣致力於教育國際化已逾十年，其跨文化素養成果值得檢視。本文闡述跨文化素養的意義及重要性，並由2017∼2020年對高等教育本籍及境外生的研究及觀察，歸納出臺灣現階段需省思的三大跨文化素養議題，包括文化刻板印象、文化敏感度及跨文化學習動機，進而提出加強教師跨文化素養培訓、將跨文化素養列為高等教育核心能力，以及持續校園國際化的建議。

Globalization has made people closely connected. It has also led to the collision of cultures. Intercultural competence (IC) has become the basic competence of global citizens. Facing global issues and an increasingly diverse society, it is necessary for Taiwanese to gain the knowledge of and be equipped with IC. Education is the cornerstone of competence cultivation. Taiwan has been committed to internationalizing its education for more than a decade, its achievements in IC need to be examined. This paper first expounded the meaning and importance of IC, then presented three major current issues in IC Taiwan needs to contemplate based on observation and the college student (domestic and external) data collected between 2017-2020: cultural stereotypes; cultural sensitivity; and motivation to learn. It moreover put forward 3 suggestions: strengthening teachers’ training; making IC the core competence of higher education; and continuing campus internationalization to improve IC cultivation.