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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810671403321

Autore

Wang Xi <1980->

Titolo

The discursive construction of intercultural understanding in China : a case study of an international baccalaureate diploma program / / Wang Xi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, [England] : , : Lexington Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-1431-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Emerging Perspectives on Education in China

Disciplina

370.1160951

Soggetti

International education - China

Multicultural education - China

International baccalaureate

Intercultural communication

Discourse analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 ConclusionChapter 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

Sommario/riassunto

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.