Wang Xi

The Discursive Construction of Intercultural Understanding in China

A Case Study of an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program

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Produktbeschreibung

This ethnographic study of an international curriculum program in China provides a holistic picture of classroom communication and describes patterns of discursive practice so that readers might vicariously experience the discursive construction of intercultural understanding. Through critical discourse analysis, this book reveals unequal access to meaning-making in everyday communication and explains these asymmetries in power.

Produktdetails

• Emerging Perspectives on Education in China
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 570g
• ISBN-13: 9781498514309
• ISBN-10: 1498514308
• Artikelnr.: 43482408

Autorenporträt

Wang Xi is assistant professor at Beijing Normal University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Background to the Research Chapter 1: Framing the Research:
Theoretical and Methodological Concerns Chapter 2: Stories from Class 2
Chapter 3: Discursive Practices in Lessons Chapter 4: Discursive Practices
in Extra-curricular Activities Chapter 5: The Stratified and Differentiated
Institutional Context Chapter 6: Representations of Communication: Analysis
of Individual Participants' Interview Transcripts Chapter 7: The
"Negotiated" Nature and the "Social-ness" of Organizational Communication:
Discussion and Conclusion Chapter 8: Reflecting On Field Relationships and
Ethical Issues Appendix 1: Hymes's (1972) Speaking Model Appendix 2:
Transcript Conventions Appendix 3: Coding Chart Appendix 4: Curriculum
Design of This IBDP