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的海外面对面交流项目，导致以文化交流为重点的英语课程的参与者人数大幅减少。随后，我们项目的数据收集速度大大放慢。在2022财年，我们对2019财年至2021财年期间收集的75名学生的调查数据进行了处理，并分析了学生转型体验的三个不同组成部分：1)跨文化交流背景下的自我感知（从日本到国际）；2)学生学习和使用英语进行学术交流动机的演变；3)通过比较感知沟通风格。根据信念、事件和价值观量表中使用的四个心理测量量表来测量经验成分的转变。调查数据表明，学生可以感知到他们在日本观众面前的表现与在国际观众面前的表现的差异。学生们普遍提到，英语课程具有挑战性，但足够吸引人，他们觉得他们想继续使用英语与国际对话者进行交流。最后，日本学生可以比较和对比口语和写作的交际策略。

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.