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Contemporary Research in Intercultural Teaching in China: A Critical Review

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This chapter conducts a critical review on the current status of research on intercultural teaching in China between 2000 and 2015. Based on the analysis of 5 Chinese journals and 13 international journals, the chapter identifies 4 major themes that reflect the recent research trend: (1) intercultural communicative competence; (2) teachers’ beliefs and practices relating to promoting learners’ intercultural competence; (3) Chinese language teachers in different pedagogic contexts and (4) professional development of Chinese language teachers. The chapter points out that intercultural teaching has not yet been awarded adequate attention in Chinese language teacher education research so far and offers suggestions for future research in this field in light of the review.

This work is supported by Shanghai Peak Discipline Program (Class I): Foreign Language and Literature and Shanghai International Studies University research grant (20161140007).

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  2. University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

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  3. Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

    Bin Zou

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Li, C. (2017). Contemporary Research in Intercultural Teaching in China: A Critical Review. In: Reinders, H., Nunan, D., Zou, B. (eds) Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching. New Language Learning and Teaching Environments. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60092-9_13

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