An empirical study of English teachers' intercultural sensitivity in the normal university

To study the level of intercultural sensitivity of teachers in English major in normal universities, questionnaires and interviews were carried out among 40 English teachers in Minnan Normal University.Results indicate that the teachers' level of ICS remain in the medium and those with foreign experience enjoy higher level. Among the five elements of the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale, identity of cultural difference is at the top, followed by interaction engagement, interaction attentiveness, interaction confidence and interaction enjoyment. The correlation coefficient analysis shows that the five factors are positively correlated, with the one between interaction confidence and interaction enjoyment the most significant.