Asian Students' Classroom Communication Patterns In U.S. Universities
Provides an overview of Asian students in North American higher education, an ethnographic study, and pedagogical suggestions for enhancing better classroom communication among Asian students, their American peers, and faculty.
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Asian Students' Classroom Communication Patterns In U.S. Universities
Provides an overview of Asian students in North American higher education, an ethnographic study, and pedagogical suggestions for enhancing better classroom communication among Asian students, their American peers, and faculty.
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Asian Students' Classroom Communication Patterns In U.S. Universities

Asian Students' Classroom Communication Patterns In U.S. Universities

by Jun Liu
Asian Students' Classroom Communication Patterns In U.S. Universities

Asian Students' Classroom Communication Patterns In U.S. Universities

by Jun Liu

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Overview

Provides an overview of Asian students in North American higher education, an ethnographic study, and pedagogical suggestions for enhancing better classroom communication among Asian students, their American peers, and faculty.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313016028
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/30/2001
Series: Contemporary Studies in Second Language Learning Series
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 980 KB

About the Author

JUN LIU is Assistant Professor in the English Department of the University of Arizona, Tucson.

Table of Contents

Prefacevii
Introduction: My Journey of Adaptive Cultural Transformationxi
1Asian Students in U.S. Universities1
International Students in the United States1
Cross-Cultural Adaptation9
Intercultural Communication16
Classroom Communication23
2Studying Asian Students' Participation in American Classrooms39
Classroom Participation Research43
A Multicase Ethnographic Study47
Participant Profiles55
3Understanding Asian Students' Classroom Communication Patterns71
Classroom Communication Patterns72
Synthesis of Perceptions150
4Factors Affecting Asian Students' Classroom Communication Patterns155
Factors Across the Individual Participants156
Synthesis of Factors165
Study Findings175
5Interpreting Silence from an Asian Perspective189
A Theoretical Framework of Silence189
Silence in U.S. Academia195
Behind the Mask of Asian Face-Saving and Politeness200
The Willingness to Speak Up in Content Courses209
6Asian Students' Adaptive Cultural Transformation219
The Concept of Adaptive Cultural Transformation221
Adaptive Cultural Transformation Processes222
Adaptive Cultural Transformation Competence224
Recommendations230
Epilogue239
References241
Author Index261
Subject Index267
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