INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION APPREHENSION (ICA):: INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS

Conspicuously, the world becomes a globalvillage. More and more students and professions study and/or work abroad. For more effectiveintercultural communication, it is necessary for usto pay attention to both the study and experience ofintercultural communication apprehension (ICA). Thisresearch investigates international students’perceptions of ICA. The research is conducted froman interpretive paradigm by engaging in themethodology of autoethnography and long interviews. By autoethnography, the researcher constructs aportrait of herself and looks critically at her ownexperiences of CA and ICA. By deeply analyzinginternational students’ experiences andunderstandings of CA and ICA, this research revealsthe relationships between ICA and language, ICA andsituational conditions, as well as ICA and culture. For reducing ICA, three types of strategies aresuggested…