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Assessing Chinese English Majors’ Intercultural Skills From Teachers’ Perspectives

Most previous studies have used student self-reported data to investigate their proficiency in intercultural skills, while few have examined it from teacher’s perspective. This paper reports a qualitative case study on English major students’ intercultural skills in Chinese higher educatio...

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Main Authors: Jingjing, Zhou, Florence Gilliam, Kayad, Vimala, Govindaraju
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Language:English
Published: 2024
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H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling my.unimas.ir-470672024-12-27T06:57:56Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47067/ Assessing Chinese English Majors’ Intercultural Skills From Teachers’ Perspectives Jingjing, Zhou Florence Gilliam, Kayad Vimala, Govindaraju H Social Sciences (General) Most previous studies have used student self-reported data to investigate their proficiency in intercultural skills, while few have examined it from teacher’s perspective. This paper reports a qualitative case study on English major students’ intercultural skills in Chinese higher education. The instrument was adapted from the scale of Intercultural Ability developed by Fantini (2007). The data were collected from in-depth interview from 8 English major teachers and analyzed by thematic analysis. The findings indicated that students’ intercultural skills proficiency were limited as they (1) unable to fully express themselves, (2) unable to accurately express Chinese culture, (3) able to communicate in a limited manner, and (4) unable to deal with culture conflicts flexibly. 2024-12-01 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47067/1/View%20of%20Assessing%20Chinese%20English%20Majors%E2%80%99%20Intercultural%20Skills%20From%20Teachers%E2%80%99%20Perspectives.pdf Jingjing, Zhou and Florence Gilliam, Kayad and Vimala, Govindaraju (2024) Assessing Chinese English Majors’ Intercultural Skills From Teachers’ Perspectives. Asian Journal of Research in Education and Social Sciences, 6 (4). pp. 72-79. ISSN 2682-8502 http://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/ajress
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Jingjing, Zhou
Florence Gilliam, Kayad
Vimala, Govindaraju
Assessing Chinese English Majors’ Intercultural Skills From Teachers’ Perspectives
description Most previous studies have used student self-reported data to investigate their proficiency in intercultural skills, while few have examined it from teacher’s perspective. This paper reports a qualitative case study on English major students’ intercultural skills in Chinese higher education. The instrument was adapted from the scale of Intercultural Ability developed by Fantini (2007). The data were collected from in-depth interview from 8 English major teachers and analyzed by thematic analysis. The findings indicated that students’ intercultural skills proficiency were limited as they (1) unable to fully express themselves, (2) unable to accurately express Chinese culture, (3) able to communicate in a limited manner, and (4) unable to deal with culture conflicts flexibly.
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author Jingjing, Zhou
Florence Gilliam, Kayad
Vimala, Govindaraju
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Florence Gilliam, Kayad
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title Assessing Chinese English Majors’ Intercultural Skills From Teachers’ Perspectives
title_short Assessing Chinese English Majors’ Intercultural Skills From Teachers’ Perspectives
title_full Assessing Chinese English Majors’ Intercultural Skills From Teachers’ Perspectives
title_fullStr Assessing Chinese English Majors’ Intercultural Skills From Teachers’ Perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Assessing Chinese English Majors’ Intercultural Skills From Teachers’ Perspectives
title_sort assessing chinese english majors’ intercultural skills from teachers’ perspectives
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