A Study On The Communicative Mode Of The Third Culture In Chinese-Foreign Cooperatively-Run Educational Institutions

Chinese-foreign cooperation in running educational institutions is becoming increasingly active and the number of students who are enrolled in Chinese-foreign educational institutions is increasing. In this paper, based on the Speech Act theory, Intercultural Adaptation theory, an empirical study on the communicative mode of the personnel working in Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run educational institutions was conducted by analyzing the data and information collected by questionnaires and interviews respectively.The research results not only find:(1) In Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run educational institutions, the communicative mode of Chinese personnel is different from their native one. People with higher foreign language proficiency, longer co-working time in intercultural context and better familiarity of foreign culture do present a more obvious difference from their native communicative mode.(2) In Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run educational institutions, the communicative mode of foreign personnel is different from their native one. People with higher foreign language proficiency, longer co-working time in intercultural context and better familiarity of Chinese culture do present a more obvious difference from their native communicative mode.(3) The communicative mode of the third culture does exist between Chinese and non-Chinese personnel. The communicative mode of the third culture has both characteristics of native cultures and features of the third culture. The research results but also show that if one party has good foreign language proficiency and well understanding of the foreign culture, while the other party has little knowledge about foreign language and culture, the third culture space tends to be very small or not obvious because the previous party has reached the Adaptation Level of the Intercultural Adaptation theory, in which the Party is a bicultural person, who can jump from cultures freely.The research results can help to acquaint Chinese and foreign personnel working in Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run educational institutions with the differences of their communicative modes so as to adjust their communicative modes and minimize cultural misunderstanding and conflicts. The research results can also help to improve interpersonal relationships, enhance the quality of education and management and promote the development of Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run educational institutions, and in the meantime, the research has enriched “the third culture” theory.