Intercultural communication

Resources:

University of Warwick - Global Education Profiler; Working in Diverse Groups; and Spencer-Oatey, H. (2012) What is culture? A compilation of quotations. GlobalPeople Core Concept Compilations. Available at www.warwick.ac.uk/globalknowledge

In their systematic review Luo and Chan focus on qualitative approaches to assess intercultural competence in HE and created a typology to situate qualitative assessment. They conclude that qualitative assessment does not equal robust assessment. Qualitative intercultural competence assessment tends to be heavily ‘writing-based’, calling for more diverse assessment formats https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1747938X22000458?dgcid=coauthor

Hilarious video

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Office of Global Learning Initiatives, Florida International University podcast Episode 4: Tara Harvey on the Relationship Between Intercultural Learning and Global Learning

Bibliography:

Baker, W. (2012) 'Using e-learning to develop intercultural awareness in ELT: a critical evaluation in a Thai higher education setting'. British Council (free to download)

Barker, M., Hibbins, R.and Farrelly, F. (2011) 'Walking the talk: fostering a sense of global citizenry amongst staff in higher education'. In Clifford, V. and Montgomery, C., (eds.) Moving Towards Internationalisation of the Curriculum for Global Citizenship in Higher Education. Oxford: Oxford Brookes Press, 47-68.

Beaven, Ana Maria G., Spencer-Oatey, Helen, 2016. Cultural adaptation in different facets of life and the impact of language : a case study of personal adjustment patterns during study abroad. Language and Intercultural Communication, 16 (3), pp. 349-367

Bliss, S., Dunford, M., Camacho Felix, S., Lindley, P., Muir, N., O'Sullivan, F., and Terán, P. (2016) 'Strategic Enhancement Programme: Internationalising the curriculum toolkit'. Advance HE, and AdvanceHE

Deardorff, D. K., Arasaratnam-Smith, L. A. (Eds.) (2019) Intercultural Competence in Higher Education: International Approaches, Assessment and Application. Routledge.

Dunford, M., Muir, N., Teran, P., and Grimwood, M. (2015) 'Promoting Intercultural Engagement: Developing a Toolkit for Staff and Students in Higher Education'. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, Vol 3, Issue 3, pp. 41-45

Gimaraes-Iosif, R. (2011) 'Rethinking Citizenship Education in Higher Education Institutions through the Lens of Critical Pedagogy: Education the Local and Global Emancipated Citizen'. In Shultz, L., Abdi, A., and Richardson, G., (eds.) Global Citizenship Education in Post Secondary Institutions: Theories, Practices, Policies. New York: Peter Lang,76-94.

Longmire-Avital, B. (2019) 'Establishing Equity in Study Abroad Experiences: Three Recommendations'. Centre for Engaged Learning. Elon University.

Messelink, H. E., Van Maele, J., Spencer-Oatey, Helen, 2015. Intercultural competencies : what students in study and placement mobility should be learning. Intercultural Education, 26 (1), pp. 62-72

Palmer, J. C., Ruiz-Garrido, M. F., Fortanet-Gomez, I., and Fortanet, I. (eds.) (2006) 'Intercultural and International Business Communication: Theory, Research and Teaching', Volume 38 of Linguistic insights : studies in language and communication

Song, X., & Cadman, K. (eds.) (2012) Bridging Transcultural Divides. Univeristy of Adelaide Press. (free electronic, searchable version available here)

Spencer-Oatey, Helen, Dauber, Daniel, 2019. What is integration and why is it important for internationalisation? A multidisciplinary review. Journal of Studies in International Education

Spencer-Oatey, Helen, Dauber, Daniel, 2019. Internationalisation and student diversity : opportunities for personal growth or numbers-only targets?. Higher Education

Spencer-Oatey, Helen, Wang, Jiayi (Researcher in linguistics), 2019. Culture, context, and concerns about face : synergistic insights from pragmatics and social psychology. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 38 (4), pp. 423-440

Spencer-Oatey, Helen, Lefringhausen, Katharina, Debray, Carolin, 2019. Culture, norms, and the assessment of communication contexts : discussion and pointers for the future. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 50 (10), pp. 1216-1220

Spencer-Oatey, Helen, 2018. Transformative learning for social integration: overcoming the challenge of greetings. Intercultural Education, 29 (2), pp. 301-315

Spencer-Oatey, Helen, Dauber, Daniel, Jing, Jing, Lifei, Wang, 2017. Chinese students' social integration into the university community : hearing the students? voices. Higher Education, 74 (5), pp. 739-756

Spencer-Oatey, Helen, Dauber, Daniel, 2016. How internationalised is your university? How can you know and what can you do?. The Association of Commonwealth Universities Bulletin, 187, pp. 10-11

Spencer-Oatey, Helen, Kádár, Dániel Z., 2016. The bases of (im)politeness evaluations : culture, the moral order and the East?West debate. East Asian Pragmatics, 1 (1), pp. 73-106

Spencer-Oatey, Helen, Dauber, Daniel, 2016. The gains and pains of mixed national group work at university. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 38 (3), pp. 219-236

Spencer-Oatey, Helen, 2014. Key concepts in applied linguistics : intercultural communication/interaction. Elia, 14 (13), pp. 165-171

Spencer-Oatey, Helen, 2013. Maximizing the benefits of international education collaborations : managing interaction processes. Journal of Studies in International Education, 17 (3), pp. 244-261

Spencer-Oatey, Helen, 2013. Relating at work : facets, dialectics and face. Journal of Pragmatics, 58, pp. 121-137

Spencer-Oatey, Helen, 2011. Conceptualising 'the relational' in pragmatics: insights from metapragmatic emotion and (im)politeness comments. Journal of Pragmatics, Vol.43 (No.14), pp. 3565-3578

Spencer-Oatey, Helen, Ruhi, Sükriye, 2007. Identity, face and (im)politeness. Journal of Pragmatics, Vol.39 (No.4), pp. 635-638

Spencer-Oatey, Helen, 2007. Theories of identity and the analysis of face. Journal of Pragmatics, Vol.39 (No.4), pp. 639-656

Spencer-Oatey, Helen, Xiong, Zhaoning, 2006. Chinese students' psychological and sociocultural adjustments to Britain: an empirical study. Language, Culture and Curriculum, Vol.19 (No.1), pp. 37-53

Spencer-Oatey, Helen, 2005. (Im)politeness, face and perceptions of rapport : unpackaging their bases and interrelationships. Journal of Politeness Research. Language, Behaviour, Culture, Vol.1 (No.1), pp. 95-119

Spencer-Oatey, Helen, Xing, Jianyu, 2005. Managing talk and non-talk in intercultural interactions : insights from two Chinese?British business meetings. Multilingua - Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, Vol.24 (No.1-2), pp. 55-74

Spencer-Oatey, Helen, 2005. Rapport management theory and culture. Intercultural Pragmatics, Vol.2 (No.3), pp. 335-346

Teran, P. (2019) 'Only foreign students and staff need cultural awareness training?' In SIETAR UK

Wang, Jiayi, Spencer-Oatey, Helen, 2015. The gains and losses of face in ongoing intercultural interaction : a case study of Chinese participant perspectives. Journal of Pragmatics, 89, pp. 50-65

Winch, J. (2015) 'Cultural influences in a multicultural academic workplace'. Journal of Language and Cultural Education, 3 (3). pp. 134-148. ISSN 1339-4045. Available here

Winch, J. (2018) Google Translate and plagiarism in university language formative assessment work. In: Google Translate & Modern Languages Education, 29 June 2018, University of Nottingham. Available here

Winch, J. (2019) 'Does communicative language teaching help develop students’ competence in thinking critically?' Journal of Language & Education, 5 (2). pp. 112-122. ISSN 2411-7390. Available here


Presentation at 2019 BALEAP conference Leeds on EAP in transnational HE in China. Ricky Jeffrey, Xiucai Lu, David Foster & Jeanne O’Connell