The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between depth of cultural exposure and cultural intelligence and foreign language communication anxiety as a moderator of that relationship. The target population consisted of Taiwanese international students who had been abroad for the purpose of studying for at least five months. The sample population consisted of 213 responses. This study adopted quantitative research and online- based questionnaires to examine proposed hypotheses. SPSS 23.0 as well as AMOS 22.0 were used for the data analysis. The hypotheses in this study expected that depth of cultural exposure has a positive effect on cultural intelligence and foreign language communication anxiety negatively moderates the relationship between depth of cultural exposure and cultural intelligence. The Hypothesis 1 stating depth of cultural exposure has a positive effect on cultural intelligence was supported. However, the Hypothesis 2 claiming foreign language communication anxiety negatively moderates the relationship between depth of exposure and cultural intelligence was rejected. In fact, the results showed foreign language communication anxiety negatively moderates the aforementioned relationship.

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