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Problematising Intercultural Communication Competence in the Pluricultural Classroom: Chinese Students in a New Zealand University

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: This study juxtaposes current approaches to intercultural communication compe-tence (ICC) with Chinese students' learning and communication experiences in a New Zealand pluricultural classroom. Fifteen first-year Chinese university students were interviewed and participated in focus groups. The findings indicated that the Chinese students' rules for communication – face negotiation, and maintaining roles, harmony and relationships – were not compatible with the New Zealand rules for competent classroom communication. Therefore, there is a need for a critical turn that is culture- and context-specific, and exposes power relations when theorising and investigating ICC.

Source: Language and Intercultural Communication

DOI: 10.1080/14708470608668906

Author: Prue Holmes

Institution: University of Waikato

Language: English

Topic: Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies

Subfield: Communication

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2068458284

FWCI: 8.004

Cites: 64

Cited by: 79

Related to: 10