Investigating student perceptions of multiculturalism and developing their intercultural communication competence

根据2021年的基础研究发现，日本青年强调文化和民族独特性，明显表现出民族主义的民族文化同质化倾向；这种倾向也影响了他们在社会中对待移民的同化态度。与此同时，韩国学生对韩国社会的多元文化主义也表现出类似的反应。2010年和2015年的韩国人认同感调查结果显示，20 ~ 30岁的人群对多元文化主义的支持度出乎意料地下降，20多岁的人群也最容易采取文化排斥态度。有了这些结果，有人指出，对多元文化主义的支持相对下降不是因为害怕移民造成的犯罪或失业，而是标志着“社会中其他人文化排斥的开始”。考虑到日本和韩国的这些情况，本研究试图了解日本和韩国学生在各自社会中对多元文化主义的看法和态度。因此，本研究测量了他们的民族自豪感以及学生的民族主义态度和他们对全球化的看法。此外，本研究还关注了青年接受移民作为社会正式成员的先决条件，并评估了他们对日本和韩国多元文化主义的看法和态度。这项研究最终调查了这些测量结果与他们的民族身份和文化特征之间的关系。

Based on the foundation study in 2021, it found that Japanese youth clearly showed a nationalistic ethnocultural homogeneous tendency by emphasising cultural and ethnic uniqueness; this tendency also affected their assimilationist attitudes towards immigrants in their society. Meanwhile, Korean students have also shown a similar reaction towards multiculturalism in Korean society. The results of the Korean Identity Survey in 2010 and 2015 revealed the groups aged between 20-30 years unexpectedly showed the most decreased support for multiculturalism and those aged in their 20s were also most readily adopting a culturally exclusive attitude. With these results, it is pointed out that the relative drop-in support for multiculturalism is not because of fear of crime or unemployment caused by immigrants but does mark “the beginning of the cultural exclusion of others in society.” Considering these situations in Japan and Korea, this study tried to understand Japanese and Korean students’ perceptions and attitudes towards multiculturalism in their respective societies. Accordingly, this study measured their national pride along with the students’ nationalist attitudes and their perception of globalization. In addition, this study paid attention to the youths’ perceived prerequisites for accepting immigrants as full members of society and evaluate their perceptions and attitudes towards multiculturalism in Japan and Korea. This study eventually investigated any relationships between the result of these measurements and their national identities and cultural traits.