数千学子参加第二届跨文化交际能力大赛高三组复赛

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大赛活动现场Intercultural Communicative Competence Test

跨文化交际能力大赛（后文简称“大赛”）是一个以英语语言为基础的跨文化交际能力比赛。大赛在国内得到了20多所顶尖高校的支持，在海外与美国U.S. News Global Education达成战略合作，为获奖选手提供世界知名高校的推荐名额与奖学金机会。

第二届跨文化交际能力大赛高三年级复赛于2017年12月31日顺利结束。本次复赛在全国共开设9个赛点，包括北京师范大学、哈尔滨工业大学、西南交通大学、山东大学、太原理工大学、绍兴鲁迅高级中学、邯郸四中、临朐一中等。全国共有近两千名优秀的高三选手参赛。

本次复赛考查范围涵盖跨文化基本知识、跨文化情境测试、综合写作等多方面的内容，有听力、阅读、写作三个模块。区别于以往传统的英语考试，在考查学生跨文化交际能力的同时，又注重学生的语言综合应用能力和创新思维能力。

来自内蒙古的选手表示：“我英语成绩一直很好，大学或研究生期间也有计划出国深造，当听老师说有跨文化交际能力大赛时，觉得不同于传统的英语比赛，就毫不犹豫地报名了，希望能通过参加本次大赛使自己得到提升。”

复赛成绩已经于2018年2月揭晓，175名选手获得全国优胜奖。

The Intercultural Communicative Competence Test (ICCT)is an English language based intercultural communicative competence assessment. It has been recognized by over 20 top universities in China. It also works in close cooperation with U.S. News Global Education to provide outstanding contestants with recommendations and scholarship opportunities to world-renowned universities in the United States.

The Semi-finals of the 2nd Intercultural Communicative Competence Test (ICCT)- senior year group were successfully completed on December 31, 2017. The semi-finals were held up at a total of 9 test centers in universities or high schools across the country, including Beijing Normal University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Shandong University, Taiyuan University of Technology, ShaoxingLuxun High School, No.4 High School of Handan City, Linqu First Middle School Shandong and so on. Nearly 2,000 contestants participated in the tests.

The ICCT semi- fi nals are designed to assess contestants’practical usage of cultural knowledge, compassion for diversity and critical thinking skills in the context of cross-cultural scenarios, screening candidates through the testing modalities of listening, reading and writing.Compared with traditional language or cultural tests, it focuses on examining students ‘comprehensive linguistic application ability and innovative thinking ability crossculturally.

One contestant from Inner-Mongolia said after coming out of the test center: “I have always been very good at English at school, and I am also planning to study abroad in the U.S. When I heard about ICCT and konw how it was designed and tested, I signed up immediately. I felt it was truly different from what I have already seen and done.Hopefully, by taking part of it, I can gain more experiences to better prepare for my future academic studies.”

The result of the semi- fi nals was announced in early February 2018. 175 contestants won the national-level prizes.