Constructing Interculturality through Intercultural Dialogues and Autoethnography: Building Relations, Nurturing Preparedness and Rejecting Boundaries

Autor/inn/en	Xu, Jianwei; Peeters, Ann; Gernay, Maarten
Titel	Constructing Interculturality through Intercultural Dialogues and Autoethnography: Building Relations, Nurturing Preparedness and Rejecting Boundaries
Quelle	In: Language and Intercultural Communication, 22 (2022) 5, S.567-582 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1470-8477
DOI	10.1080/14708477.2022.2104863
Schlagwörter	Intercultural Communication; Dialogs (Language); Intervention; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Foreign Students; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Constructivism (Learning); Ethnography; Study Abroad; Chinese; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Masters Programs; Cultural Awareness; China; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Dialog; Dialogs; Dialogue; Dialogues; Ausland; Ethnografie; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; China; Chinesen; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Belgien
Abstract	This paper explores the role of a series of intercultural dialogues deployed as an intercultural intervention in scaffolding the development of interculturality of Chinese international students and Belgian undergraduates. The data highlight the fundamentally dynamic dialogic nature and process of intercultural engagement whereby the individuals actively seek to relate and construct meanings collaboratively. Drawing on a constructivist approach to interculturality and employing ethnographic methods, we contend that the efforts to connect play a pivotal role in mediating the process of developing the knowledge of cultural practices and that of becoming willing and prepared to challenge the self and familiar tropes. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01