Intercultural Communicative Competence and Knowledge

Please complete the survey items based on the idea that '1' means 'strongly disagree' and '5' means 'strongly agree.'


         

       

Name: 


A red asterisk (*) indicates required questions.

  1. "I enjoy interacting with people from different cultures."*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. "I think people from other cultures are narrow-minded."*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. "I am pretty sure of myself in interacting with people from different cultures."*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. "I find it very hard to talk in front of people from different cultures."*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. "I always know what to say when interacting with people from different cultures."*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. "I can be as sociable as I want to be when interacting with people from different cultures."*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. "I don't like to be with people from different cultures."*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. "I respect the values of people from different cultures."*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. "I get upset easily when interacting with people from different cultures."*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. "I tend to wait before forming an impression of culturally-distinct counterparts."*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. "I often get discouraged when I am with people from different cultures."*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. "I am open-minded to people from different cultures."*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. "I am very observant when interacting with people from different cultures."*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. "I often feel useless when interacting with people from different cultures."*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. "I respect the ways people from different cultures behave."*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. "I try to obtain as much information as I can when interacting with people from different cultures."*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. "I would not accept the opinions of people from different cultures."*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. "I am sensitive to my culturally-distinct counterpart's subtle meanings during our interaction."*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. "I think my culture is better than other cultures."*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. "I avoid those situations where I will have to deal with culturally-distinct persons."*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. "I often show my culturally-distinct counterpart my understanding through verbal or nonverbal cues."*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. I have a feeling of enjoyment towards differences between my culturally-distinct counterpart and me."*
    1 2 3 4 5





James
Associate Professor: TESOL Programs
Alliant International University
CA