How interculturally competent am I? : an introductory thesis writing course for international students / by Stephanie Ann Houghton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Houghton, Stephanie Ann, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intercultural communication--Economic aspects.

Intercultural communication.

Multicultural education--Case studies.

Multicultural education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This textbook aims to help students to develop thesis-writing skills through experiential learning by conducting a research project based on a diary study, and reporting on it in a mini-thesis. It was developed for the benefit of international students who, in their penultimate year of undergraduate study, are planning to write a graduation thesis in English related to intercultural communication in their final year with little or no prior knowledge of the subject, or of thesis-writing itself...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSI; NOTE TO THE TEACHER; 1. WHAT IS A THESIS?; 2. WHAT IS CULTURE?; 3. WHAT IS INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE (IC)?; 4. WHAT IS INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (ICC)?; 5. COMPARING AND CONTRASTING IC AND ICC; 6. INTRODUCTION; 7. LITERATURE REVIEW; 8. RESEARCH METHODS; 9. RESEARCH METHODS; 10. DATA ANALYSISOverview; 11. DATA PRESENTATION; 12. DISCUSSION; 13. CONCLUSION; 14. REFERENCES AND APPENDICES; 15. MINI-THESIS GRADING SHEET; REFERENCES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 24, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6382-3

OCLC:

889311879