Abstract
The current rapid development of economy and technology calls for the cultivation of interdisciplinary talents in universities. When faced with this challenge, language universities, as a specialized type, need to take a range of factors into consideration, among which language students’ attitudes play a crucial role for further course design. This present study carried out a survey among students in the major language universities in China, and analyzed the results to identify students’ attitudes to interdisciplinary education. Results show half of the students are positive about the implementation of interdisciplinary education, however they lack the knowledge about what interdisciplinary education is and how it is carried out. The problems are discussed and a series of suggestions are proposed in order to promote the interdisciplinary program in language universities efficiently and effectively.
Highlights
Within the framework of one-belt-one-road economy, cooperation between countries become more frequent and significant, and communication between different language speakers appears to be common and crucial
The current rapid development of economy and technology calls for the cultivation of interdisciplinary talents in universities
When faced with this challenge, language universities, as a specialized type, need to take a range of factors into consideration, among which language students’ attitudes play a crucial role for further course design. This present study carried out a survey among students in the major language universities in China, and analyzed the results to identify students’ attitudes to interdisciplinary education
Summary
Within the framework of one-belt-one-road economy, cooperation between countries become more frequent and significant, and communication between different language speakers appears to be common and crucial. This calls for a large number of language majors who are well trained in multiple disciplines. Inter-disciplinary talents are those who are familiar with theories and methods from a variety of related subject fields and can apply the theories and methods into academic and social practice (Zhan and Xu, 2010). The present study focuses on the cultivation of interdisciplinary talents in language universities and explores the current knowledge about and the attitude towards interdisciplinary education among language students
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