ABSTRACT
This paper first summarizes the implications of international communicative competence according to the basic knowledge of English communication. The author investigated some participants in the Summer School Project for this paper to study a bit of questions. First, this paper researches undergraduates of non-English majors’ competence on English linguistic knowledge and linguistic competence, communicative competence especially English communicative competence in the real context. Second, this paper, according to the methods of classified statistics, specifically studies the reasons why undergraduates of non-English majors have horizontal differentiations in English communication. This paper investigated undergraduates of non-English majors’ international communicative competence under the background of economic globalization and information era. Finally, this paper aims to raise some suggestions to improve undergraduates of non-English majors’ international communicative competence and raise some useful advice on theory and practice to make a reasonable talent development program. It also aims to provide assistance for developing high-qualified talents and practical management talents under the background of internationalization.
Key words：international communicative competence; non-English majors; students who participate in Summer School in England
Contents
1. Introduction 1
1.1 The background of English study 1
1.2 The backgrounds of international communicative competence 1
1.3 The research questions 3
1.4 Main content of the thesis 4
2. Term Definition 5
2.1 Linguistic competence and communicative competence 5
2.2 Intercultural communicative competence 6
2.3 Pragmatic competence 7
2.4 International communicative competence 8
3. The Research and data analysis 9
3.1 Introduction to the research 9
3.2 Participants and instruments 9
3.3 Results of the survey and data analysis 10
3.4 Discussion 12
4. Tentative suggestions 14
4.1 Form a proper objective 14
4.2 Improve intercultural communicative competence 15
4.3 Simulate a real Environment---role play 15
4.4 Summary 16
5．Conclusion 17
References 19
Appendix 1 21
Appendix 2 22
