Researching Intercultural Learning : Investigations in Language and Education / Edited by Lixian Jin, De Montfort University, UK, and Martin Cortazzi, University of Warwick, UK.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jin, Lixian, 1957- editor.

Cortazzi, Martin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Multicultural education--Study and teaching.

Multicultural education.

Intercultural communication--Study and teaching.

Intercultural communication.

Language and culture--Study and teaching.

Language and culture.

Physical Description:

xvi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

This book highlights international perspectives on intercultural learning within a framework of cultures of learning related to education and language learning and use in academic contexts. Intercultural learning is seen as an aspect of the cultures of learning approach, which is applied in contexts where learners (or teachers) travel to learn in a place where other cultures of learning are dominant and to which they are usually expected to adapt. Intercultural learning thus refers to the learning which takes place as learners move across or between cultures of learning.

Including a diversity of case studies of particular situations of language learning and use, the book offers explorations of transcultural learning by students and teachers who cross languages and borders for study or work. All authors have long engagement with the cultural participants about whom they are writing. Book jacket.

The editors have been conducting joint research into cultures of learning and intercultural learning for over twenty years by using a variety of research methods including surveys, ethnography, narrative and metaphor analyses. Their research, with over 100 publications. including Researching Chinese Learners published by Palgrave Macmillan, has been widely recognized by researchers and university teachers from the West and in East Asia. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Researching Transformations of Cultures of Learning through Internationalization

1 Cultures of Learning and Writing in the US Academy / Eli Hinkel Hinkel, Eli 21

2 Inter-Perspective Pedagogy: Rethinking Culture and Learning in Multicultural Higher Education in the United Kingdom / Thushari Welikala Welikala, Thushari 36

3 The Danish Educational Tradition: Multiple Heritages and International Challenges and 'Conversation' / Jane Vinther Vinther, Jane, Gordon Slethaug Slethaug, Gordon 58

4 Trilingual Paths: Cultures of Learning and the Use of Cantonese, English or Putonghua within a Hong Kong Primary School / Phil Glenwright Glenwright, Phil, Wang Lixun Lixun, Wang 77

Part II Intercultural Learning in Developing Language and Academic Skills

5 Peer Assistance in an English Immersion Context in China / Xiaohua Liang Liang, Xiaohua, Lixian Jin Jin, Lixian, Martin Cortazzi Cortazzi, Martin 99

6 Researching Intercultural Communication in a UK Higher Education Context / Joan Turner Turner, Joan, Masako K. Hiraga Hiraga, Masako K. 117

7 'Discuss, Analyse, Define...' Non-traditional Students Come to Terms with Cultures of Learning in the UK / Kendall Richards Richards, Kendall, Nick Pilcher Pilcher, Nick 135

8 'It's Totally Different': Undergraduate Chinese Students Learning to Write in a New Zealand University / Gillian Skyrme Skyrme, Gillian 152

Part III Transcultural Adjustment and Bridging Distances

9 Teaching German in Eastern Europe and China: Reciprocal Relationships between Teaching and Learning Cultures / Markus Lux Lux, Markus, Christian Wochele Wochele, Christian 173

10 Chinese Students' Attitudes towards Their Learning of French in France / Wang Jinjing Jinjing, Wang, Sophie Bailly Bailly, Sophie 192

11 Supporting Intercultural Learning: For Beginners' Chinese Language Learners at The Open University, UK / Inma Álvarez Álvarez, Inma, Kan Qian Qian, Kan 209

12 Adjusting to Differing Cultures of Learning: The Experience of Semester-Long Exchange Students from Hong Kong / Jane Jackson Jackson, Jane 235

13 Internet-Mediated Intercultural English Language Teaching and Learning: An Overview of Challenges and Opportunities in China / Liang Wang Wang, Liang 253.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230321335

023032133X

OCLC:

802321036