scholarly journals Research on the Adaptation Strategies of Chinese Teachers’ Intercultural Communication in Chinese Culture Taking the Confucius Institute in Kyrgyzstan as an Example

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhao Yongliang
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Chinese Teachers ◽  
Confucius Institute

scholarly journals China's Confucius Institutes and the "Necessary White Body"

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 647-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Culture ◽  
National Language ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Confucius Institute ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Social Landscape ◽  
Distinct Process ◽  
Confucius Institutes ◽  
Canadian Multiculturalism

Abstract. Confucius Institutes (CIs), modelled on similar European organizations, promote China’s official national language and culture abroad. Unlike their European counterparts, however, the interactions between CIs and Canadian audiences are haunted by complex histories of a racialized “Oriental Other” in Canada and “Western Other” in China. Through ethnographic research on the Confucius Institute in Edmonton and the CI Headquarters in Beijing, this paper explores racialized representations of China and Chinese culture, as well as racialized understandings of the desired Western audience, in both locations. I argue that representations of Chinese culture are caught between two competing logics which I term reorientalism and reorientality. Reorientalism attempts to reclaim definitions of Chineseness and redress misunderstandings about China while simultaneously making China comprehensible and ultimately marketable through reorientality, or a use of familiar Orientalist tropes. Canadians (most often imagined and represented as white) are encouraged to engage with this reorientality through their own performance and embodiment of Chinese culture (a conceptually distinct process I call re-orientality) as a means of understanding the project of reorientalism. However, the spectacle of Chinese culture through CIs resonates with Canadian multiculturalism in ways that may unintentionally reproduce a social landscape that normalizes whiteness and the consumption of ethnicized Otherness.

scholarly journals Place of Russia and China in Edward Hall's typology of cultures: an empirical study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandr Alexandrovich Yujda
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Present State ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Business Communication

The article is devoted to problems of intercultural communication and the role of context in intercultural business communication within the framework of Edward Hall's theory. The solution of the above mentioned problems is the aim of this article. In particular, on the basis of empirical research the authors define the present state of Russian and Chinese culture in Hall's cultural typology.

scholarly journals Image of Confucius Institute in Italian Media Discourse

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Marco Volpe ◽  
Li Qiuyang
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Considerable Increase ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Confucius Institute ◽  
International Dimension ◽  
Political Propaganda ◽  
Chinese Studies ◽  
The Press ◽  
Confucius Institutes

<p align="LEFT">Along with a considerable increase of the</p><p align="LEFT">people involved in studying Chinese culture and</p><p align="LEFT">Chinese language, Confucius Institute, initially</p><p align="LEFT">founded in 2004 in Seoul, South Korea,</p><p align="LEFT">provoked different reactions regarding to the</p><p align="LEFT">management and the activity held. Especially</p><p align="LEFT">on American press, the debate focused on what</p><p align="LEFT">the real aim of the project consists in, has been</p><p align="LEFT">retained responsible for political propaganda</p><p align="LEFT">and a threat for the academic freedom. Soon</p><p align="LEFT">the debate involved reporters, journalists,</p><p align="LEFT">Chinese Studies experts, sinologists and</p><p align="LEFT">Confucius Institutes directors from every part of</p><p>the world, leading the debate to an</p><p align="LEFT">international dimension. 32 articles published</p><p align="LEFT">since 2010 on the Italian national newspapers,</p><p align="LEFT">periodicals, specialized website and online</p><p align="LEFT">channels, have been collected and examined in</p><p align="LEFT">order to propose a critical analysis on how the</p><p align="LEFT">image of Confucius Institute is perceived in Italy</p><p align="LEFT">through examining the discourse of the Italian</p><p>press and the voices of the experts in the press.</p>

scholarly journals Language Context of Intercultural Communication (on the Material of Educational and Cultural Activities of Confucius Institute)

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (26) ◽  
pp. 54-67
Author(s):  
Din Xin
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Confucius Institute ◽  
Cultural Activities ◽  
Confucius Institutes ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
Intercultural Conflicts ◽  
Language Context ◽  
The Way

The article is devoted to the study of the influence of lexical, phonetic, grammatical differences on the way of thinking. The author examines the connection between thinking and understanding, as well as the interpretation of the message received. Ways of avoiding intercultural conflicts that were discovered during the process of conducting educational and cultural activities of the Confucius Institutes were outlined.

Fostering English Learners' Intercultural Competence and Multicultural Awareness in a Foreign Language University in Northeastern China

2017 ◽  
pp. 890-913
Author(s):  
Lili Qin ◽  
Theresa D. Neimann
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Design Theory ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Northeastern China ◽  
Strategic Leadership ◽  
Multicultural Awareness ◽  
Foreign Language Learners

Strategic leadership needs to address the improvement of multicultural awareness of foreign language learners in China in order to enhance students' intercultural competence (IC). As part of strategic leadership and management this should be one of the foremost tasks of foreign language education in the context of globalization. An analysis of the following factors: needs of society, school, teacher and students with consideration to Taba's 7-step curriculum design theory, led the researchers to conclude that the implementation of a series of innovative intercultural communication (IC) courses, called 4-D (four-dimension) IC modules which included Intercultural Communication Theory module, Chinese Culture module, World Cultures module (cultures from different countries) and Comparative Methodologies of Chinese & Western Cultures module was the defining factor that led to multicultural awareness. The curriculum was oriented to multicultural awareness development and carried out in a foreign language university in northeastern China. The result demonstrated that student IC awareness increased comparatively slight, without the training of the above courses, while that of the students participating in the courses was significantly higher, which means the expected goal of upgrading the IC of foreign language talents has been achieved.

scholarly journals Integrating Chinese Culture with Western Culture in EFLT Classroom

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 376
Author(s):  
Yuti Ran
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Western Culture ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Patterns ◽  
Teaching Content ◽  
College Learners ◽  
Culture Teaching

<em>In the current climate of internationalization, intercultural communication is rapidly growing in importance. This paper firstly discusses the inappropriateness of current English teaching and the necessity on developing college learners’ intercultural competence on the basis of the research results on cultural awareness carried out among learners and teachers in universities home and abroad. Then it explores the teaching strategies on how to cultivate learners’ intercultural competence in EFLT classroom. By employing the techniques of presentation, analysis, discussion, comparison and contrast between Chinese culture and western culture in the teaching content, the learners can obtain the knowledge of both cultures, expand their cultural awareness, increase their tolerance of the existence of difference, understand the new and different cultural patterns and develop a perspective of cross-cultural awareness. This progressive procedure on integrating Chinese culture with western culture in EFLT classroom reinterpreted and extended the tradition procedure in culture teaching.</em>

scholarly journals The Establishment and Development of Confucius Institute

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 176
Author(s):  
Zhang Bin
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Wide Spread ◽  
Confucius Institute ◽  
Teaching Content ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
The World ◽  
Teaching Chinese

Confucius Institute has been established in the global range. This is a brand of Chinese culture initiatives, as well as the inevitable result of the international "Chinese craze" and also the strong support for the international promotion of the Chinese .Confucius Institute for Teaching Chinese as a foreign language to the main teaching content, adopts a flexible and diverse school running management. Though this initiative there will be a wide-spread Chinese civilization, the promotion of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries and finally will display the style and image of the Orient big country. This is very significant as to accelerate the development of overseas Chinese education and also lets the world know more about China in order to be closer to China which will be a far-reaching significance.                                      

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