es of Henan province. Research hypotheses of variables are attempted to validate and proposals are put forward to solve the potential problems of Chinese teachers’ CCA in Confucius Institutes, and suggestions are also offered for Chinese language teachers’ schooling and cross-cultural training in the future. The study is significant to enhance the collaboration between Chinese and foreign educational institutions and constantly improve the quality of teaching and the level of administration of universities in Henan province. As a result, it does help prompt the healthy development of Confucius Institutes. In addition, it is of significance to help learn about the situation of the Chinese Language teachers abroad and practically solve the adaptive problems of the Chinese sojourners in Confucius Institute, and eventually shed light on the study of CCA theoretically.
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Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Key Terms
Paul C. P. Siu (1952) in the article The Sojourner pointed out that the essential characteristic of the sojourner is that one clings to the culture of his/her own ethnic group and is unwilling to organize oneself as a permanent resident in the country of the sojourn in an attempt to do a job rather than a career and do it in the shortest possible time. Moreover, the sojourner can hardly be assimilated into the local culture, or at least the process of assimilation is very slow. When going through a series of adjustments to the new environment of the host country, the sojourner is very likely to be an agent of cultural diffusion between the homeland and the sojourning host country. As cited in the British Dictionary, “sojourn” is defined as both noun (ie, a temporary stay) and verb (ie, to stay or reside temporarily). Thus, “sojourner” ,the agent noun from sojourn, is referred to as “temporary resident”. This term refers to a resident alien, a non-citizen in a country where (s)he resides more or less permanently, enjoying certain limited civic rights. “Sojourn” is used as a verb in several places in the Holy Bible (e.g. Deuteronomy 17:19, Judges 17:7, etc.) and it implies that this person, the sojourner, is one who actually dwells among another people in contrast to the foreigner, whose stay is temporary（King James Version）. For the sake of research, the work jargon is defined as “a person who stay for a time in a place or live temporarily”, such as overseas students, journalists, doctors, artists, teachers, diplomats and other international business people, etc. who temporarily relocate abroad for a few years or months, which is quite different than immigrants, refugees and other long-termed resettlers. In this sense, the Chinese administrators, language teachers, volunteers or interns in the Confucius Institutes or Classrooms abroad, who are supp
