Conception of Intercultural Communication Learning of University Students in Western China

The conception of intercultural communication can reflect the attitude, cognition as well as the strategies the learners used in their learning process. Therefore, understanding the conception of intercultural communication of Chinese western university students can find the students' Intercultural Communication Competence (ICC) and provide reference for the intercultural communication teaching. This paper firstly uses the questionnaire to collect data, then carries out exploratory factor analysis and confirmed factor analysis. The results show college students' conception of intercultural communication include seven factors: memorizing, testing, drilling and practicing, increasing knowledge, mother language, application and communication, and broadening views. It is also revealed that female students outperform male students in the three factors, like drilling and practicing, increasing knowledge and broadening views through independent sample T test. In addition, there is no significant correlation between college students' conception of intercultural communication learning and their major and overseas experience.