Full Description
International perspectives on intercultural learning are presented within a framework of cultures of learning related to education and language learning and use in academic contexts. Intercultural learning involves learners travelling to learn in a place where other cultures of learning are dominant and to which they are usually expected to adapt.
Contents
List of Figures List of Tables Appendices Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Research and Levels of Intercultural Learning; L.Jin & M.Cortazzi PART I: RESEARCHING TRANSFORMATIONS OF CULTURES OF LEARNING THROUGH INTERNATIONALIZATION Cultures of Learning and Writing in the U.S. Academy; E.Hinkel Inter-perspective Pedagogy: Rethinking Culture and Learning in Multicultural Higher Education in the UK; T.Welikala The Danish Educational Tradition: Multiple Heritages and International Challenges and 'conversation'; J.Vinther & G.Slethaug Trilingual Paths: Cultures of Learning and the Use of Cantonese, English or Putonghua within a Hong Kong Primary School; P.Glenwright & Wang, L. PART II: INTERCULTURAL LEARNING IN DEVELOPING LANGUAGE AND ACADEMIC SKILLS Peer Assistance in an English Immersion Context in China; Xiaohua, L. , L.Jin & M.Cortazzi Researching Intercultural Communication in a UK Higher Education Context; J.Turner & M.K.Hiraga 'Discuss, Analyse, Define... Non-traditional Students Come to Terms with Cultures of Learning in the UK.'; K.Richards & N.Pilcher It's totally different': Undergraduate Chinese Students Learning to Write in a New Zealand University; G.Skyrme PART III: TRANSCULTURAL ADJUSTMENT AND BRIDGING DISTANCES Teaching German in Eastern Europe and China: Reciprocal Relationships between Teaching and Learning Cultures; M.Lux & C.Wochele Chinese Students' Attitudes towards their Learning of French in France; Wang, J. & S.Bailly Supporting Intercultural Learning for Beginners' Chinese Language Learners at the Open University, UK; I.Álvarez & K.Qian Adjusting to Differing Cultures of Learning: The Experience of Semester-long Exchange Students from Hong Kong; J.Jackson Internet-mediated Intercultural Teaching and Learning: an Overview of Challenges and Opportunities in China; Wang, L. Postscript; L.Jin & M.Cortazzi
