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The Discursive Construction of Intercultural Understanding in China : A Case Study of an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Emerging Perspectives on Education in China SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (255 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498514316
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Discursive Construction of Intercultural Understanding in ChinaDDC classification:
  • 370.1160951
LOC classification:
  • LC1099.5.C6
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface. Background to the Study -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. Framing the Research: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns -- Chapter Two. Stories from Class 2 -- Chapter Three. Discursive Practice in Lessons -- Chapter Four. Discursive Practices in Extra-curricular Activities -- Chapter Five. The Stratified and Differentiated Institutional Context -- Chapter Six. Representations of Communication: Analysis of Individual Participants' Interview Transcripts -- Chapter Seven. The "Negotiated" Nature and the "Social-ness" of Organizational Communication: Discussion and Conclusion -- Chapter Eight. 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 -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: 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.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface. Background to the Study -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. Framing the Research: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns -- Chapter Two. Stories from Class 2 -- Chapter Three. Discursive Practice in Lessons -- Chapter Four. Discursive Practices in Extra-curricular Activities -- Chapter Five. The Stratified and Differentiated Institutional Context -- Chapter Six. Representations of Communication: Analysis of Individual Participants' Interview Transcripts -- Chapter Seven. The "Negotiated" Nature and the "Social-ness" of Organizational Communication: Discussion and Conclusion -- Chapter Eight. 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 -- Bibliography -- Index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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