Assessment of a new nursing English curriculum focusing on intercultural competence

在2020财年和2021财年，千叶大学取消了所有出境面对面交流项目，导致专注于文化交流的英语课程的参与者数量大幅减少。随后，我们项目的数据收集速度大大减慢。在2022财年，我们处理了从2019财年到2021财年期间收集的75名学生的调查数据，分析了学生转型体验的三个不同组成部分：1)跨文化交际(从日本到国际)背景下的自我认知；2)学生学习和使用英语进行学术交流的动机的演变；3)通过比较来感知交际风格。根据信念、事件和价值观清单中使用的四个心理测量量表，对体验部分的转变进行了衡量。调查数据表明，与国际观众相比，学生们可以感知到他们在日本观众面前的行为方式不同。学生们普遍表示，英语课程具有挑战性，但足够吸引人，以至于他们觉得自己想继续用英语与国际对话者交流。最后，日本学生可以比较和对比口语和写作中的交际策略。

In FY2020 and FY2021, Chiba University cancelled all outbound in-person exchange programs, leading to a drastic reduction in the number of participants in English language courses focused on cultural communication. Subsequently, the data collection for our project was slowed down drastically. In FY2022, we processed the survey data collected for 75 students in the period FY2019-FY2021 and analyzed three distinct components of students' transformational experiences: 1) Perceptions of self in the context of intercultural communication (Japanese to international); 2) Evolution of students' motivation to learn and use English for academic communication; and 3) Perception of communication style through comparisons. Transformations in the experiential components were measured according to four psychometric scales used in the Beliefs Events and Values Inventory.The survey data suggests that students could perceive differences in how they behaved in front of a Japanese audience compared to an international audience. Students generally mentioned that the English curriculum was challenging but engaging enough that they felt they wanted to continue using English to communicate with international interlocutors. Finally, Japanese students could compare and contrast communication strategies in speaking and writing.