Failing intercultural education? ‘Thoughtfulness’ in intercultural education for student teachers

This paper proposes a rethinking of intercultural education in teacher education, arguing that discussion of the intercultural education of student teachers tends to have the following two gaps: one, such discussion tends to overlook student teacher education as a context for teaching intercultural education, and two, it tends to ignore the self of the teacher educator. This paper aims to address both gaps. In doing so, the first task of the paper is to analyse student teacher education critically, as a structural, ideological context for intercultural education; the second task of the paper is to rethink the pedagogical relationship between a student teacher and a teacher educator, considering the self of the teacher educator in particular. The paper concludes by suggesting ‘thoughtfulness’ as a fruitful idea for the intercultural education of student teachers.     

Psychological Adaptation of Turkish Students at U.S. Campuses

The number of Turkish citizens entering the U.S. for their studies is growing more rapidly than almost any other group. The purpose of the current study was to investigate how acculturation factors affect psychological adaptation of Turkish students in the U.S. One hundred and twenty-four Turkish students participated in the study. Regression analyses revealed that social support and self-esteem were predictors of psychological adjustment. Implications suggest that Turkish students, as with other international students as previous research has suggested, should have a strong network of both co-national students and other social connections.     

跨文化交际与大学英语教学

不了解目标语的文化,进行交际的能力就会大打折扣。分析了文化层次,认为大众文化最影响交际,因此,在大学英语教学中应重视这一层文化知识的传授。     

Intercultural Communication Ethics and Communication Competence

This paper investigates intercultural communication ethics is a vital element to promote intercultural communication competence. Firstly, it defines the concept of intercultural communication ethics; S...     

建构主义语境下《英美概况》数字化教学模式研究

信息化时代中《英美概况》课程教学应该以培养学生思辨能力和跨文化交际能力为核心,充分利用数字新媒体,从师生教学主体入手,共同建构内在的文化知识体系,在对西方文化现象了解和理解的基础上进行反思与借鉴。本文依据主体认知建构论和社会、文化建构思想,结合教学主体、内容、过程和手段,探讨《英美概况》课程的数字化教学模式,从而充分利用信息化平台所营造的互动交流空间,调动认知主体的能动性、思辨性和创造性,更有利于培养学生处理文化差异的敏感性、宽容性、灵活性和跨文化交流能力。     

谈化学创造性思维训练作业

布置作业是对学生实施创造性思维训练的一个重要组成部分 .本文从 4个方面阐述了化学创造性思维训练作业的设计特点 :趣味性和启发性、统觉性和挑战性、适应性和主动性、完整性和科学性 .     

英语世界化与跨文化交际教学

英语正随着经济的全球化而世界化。英语不再是英语国家人们之间进行交流的工具，而更多地成为非英语国家人们进行沟通的共用语言。英语在非英语国家的发展已经产生了许多带有浓厚地域特色的变体(国际变体)，这无疑将对今后英语的变化与发展以及跨化交际教学带来不可忽视的影响。