Cultural Stereotyping and Intercultural Communication: Working with Students from the People’s Republic of China in the UK  

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Stephens, Kate

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language and Education (Full Text) vol. 11 no. 2 (1997), page 113-124.
Fulltext: Vol. 11, No. 2, p 113-124.pdf (194.77KB)

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This paper considers the problem of cultural stereotyping in work on intercultural communication. Recent interest in culture in relation to language learning is described, and the problematic nature of the concept of culture is discussed. A recent study of Chinese students attitudes towards academic study is described and the results are presented of a small-scale attempt to test the generality of its findings: 12 Chinese visiting scholars were given the opportunity to reflect upon and respond in writing to some comments from the earlier study. It is concluded that Chinese attitudes to towards academic study are diverse. It is argued that the results support the view of culture as a contested area of discourse. It is suggested that ideas about Chinese culture should be set in historical context, and some historical description is given. Sources are quoted regarding the recent history of English language teaching in China. It is argued that communication problems may be more economically explained in terms of aspects of language proficiency rather than cultural differences.

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