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Language and Intercultural Communication, 2016
Language and Intercultural Communication
Intercultural Learning in Language Education and Beyond
Intercultural Learning in Language Education and Beyond
A Practical Guide to Teaching Foreign Languages in the Secondary School, 2014
In Baal Intercultural Special Interest Group Seminar on Language Teaching and Language Learning 22 May 2014 23 May 2014 University of Edinburgh 2014, May 22, 2014
In Cultnet 27 Apr 2012 Durham University 2012, Apr 27, 2012
Language and Intercultural Communication, 2015
Communication Education, 2005
This interpretive study explores the intercultural communication experiences of ethnic Chinese st... more This interpretive study explores the intercultural communication experiences of ethnic Chinese students in a New Zealand university classroom context. In aspiring to collaborative relationships with their New Zealand peers and in seeking help from teaching staff, ethnic Chinese students often experienced difficulties in intercultural communication. In moving from dialectic to dialogic styles of learning, they had to acquire communication strategies that enabled them to question, challenge, interrupt, and manage co-operative learning situations. Alliances among other ethnic Chinese and international students appeared to facilitate intercultural and educational understanding. By contrast, communication and co-operation with New Zealand students, although desired, often remained elusive. The study has implications for optimizing intercultural communication in the classroom with students from Chinese and other non-Western cultures.
Business Communication Quarterly, 2004
Research on ethnic Chinese students studying in a Western (New Zealand) learning environment expo... more Research on ethnic Chinese students studying in a Western (New Zealand) learning environment exposed differences in communication and learning between their first culture and the host culture. Thirteen ethnic Chinese students in a New Zealand university business school participated in an 18-month ethnographic study. The findings indicate that these students were not prepared for the dialogic nature of classroom communication, which created difficulties in listening, understanding, and interacting. Written assignments embodied different expectations of writing styles, and understandings of critical analysis and plagiarism. The findings raise challenges for teachers in responding to difference rather than deficit approaches to teaching and learning, for ethnic Chinese students to be better prepared for the new learning environment, and for host institutions and local students to find ways of developing diversity awareness and appreciation.
MB Hinner (Ed. pp. 391-411), The influence of culture in the world of business. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Peter Lang, 2007
Interactions with international students, Sep 3, 2005
This study provides a qualitative, in-depth exploration of teachers' experiences with intern... more This study provides a qualitative, in-depth exploration of teachers' experiences with international students in New Zealand secondary, tertiary, and private language institutions. Teachers have an important role to play in facilitating intercultural interaction and fostering intercultural awareness—skills, knowledge, and attitudes that enable both New Zealand and international students to participate fully, socially and economically in the community (Ministry of Education, 2005). Thus, this study explores teachers' perceptions of and ...
Language and Intercultural Communication, 2016
Language and Intercultural Communication
Intercultural Learning in Language Education and Beyond
Intercultural Learning in Language Education and Beyond
A Practical Guide to Teaching Foreign Languages in the Secondary School, 2014
In Baal Intercultural Special Interest Group Seminar on Language Teaching and Language Learning 22 May 2014 23 May 2014 University of Edinburgh 2014, May 22, 2014
In Cultnet 27 Apr 2012 Durham University 2012, Apr 27, 2012
Language and Intercultural Communication, 2015
Communication Education, 2005
This interpretive study explores the intercultural communication experiences of ethnic Chinese st... more This interpretive study explores the intercultural communication experiences of ethnic Chinese students in a New Zealand university classroom context. In aspiring to collaborative relationships with their New Zealand peers and in seeking help from teaching staff, ethnic Chinese students often experienced difficulties in intercultural communication. In moving from dialectic to dialogic styles of learning, they had to acquire communication strategies that enabled them to question, challenge, interrupt, and manage co-operative learning situations. Alliances among other ethnic Chinese and international students appeared to facilitate intercultural and educational understanding. By contrast, communication and co-operation with New Zealand students, although desired, often remained elusive. The study has implications for optimizing intercultural communication in the classroom with students from Chinese and other non-Western cultures.
Business Communication Quarterly, 2004
Research on ethnic Chinese students studying in a Western (New Zealand) learning environment expo... more Research on ethnic Chinese students studying in a Western (New Zealand) learning environment exposed differences in communication and learning between their first culture and the host culture. Thirteen ethnic Chinese students in a New Zealand university business school participated in an 18-month ethnographic study. The findings indicate that these students were not prepared for the dialogic nature of classroom communication, which created difficulties in listening, understanding, and interacting. Written assignments embodied different expectations of writing styles, and understandings of critical analysis and plagiarism. The findings raise challenges for teachers in responding to difference rather than deficit approaches to teaching and learning, for ethnic Chinese students to be better prepared for the new learning environment, and for host institutions and local students to find ways of developing diversity awareness and appreciation.
MB Hinner (Ed. pp. 391-411), The influence of culture in the world of business. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Peter Lang, 2007
Interactions with international students, Sep 3, 2005
This study provides a qualitative, in-depth exploration of teachers' experiences with intern... more This study provides a qualitative, in-depth exploration of teachers' experiences with international students in New Zealand secondary, tertiary, and private language institutions. Teachers have an important role to play in facilitating intercultural interaction and fostering intercultural awareness—skills, knowledge, and attitudes that enable both New Zealand and international students to participate fully, socially and economically in the community (Ministry of Education, 2005). Thus, this study explores teachers' perceptions of and ...