This study conducted a statistical analysis of the intercultural communication situation of university students in Zhaoqing University in Guangdong Province, China, in the hope of deepening the depth and breadth of research on intercultural communication, making up for the shortcomings of qualitative research, strengthening the intercultural communication teaching ability of university foreign language teachers, and expanding the reform of foreign language education.

Chenchieh Su. An Empirical Study of University Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2023), Vol. 5, Issue 4: 66-75. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2023.050412.

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