Turning a Disparate Asian Language Classroom into a Desirable Environment for Intercultural Learning Beneficial to All Students.

Autor/inn/en	Toyoda, Etsuko; Chia, Kohleth
Titel	Turning a Disparate Asian Language Classroom into a Desirable Environment for Intercultural Learning Beneficial to All Students.
Quelle	In: Electronic journal of foreign language teaching, 10 (2013) 2, S. 154-175 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anhang; Abbildungen 3; Tabellen 7
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0219-9874
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Heterostereotyp; Stereotyp; Interkulturelles Lernen; Lernverhalten; Motivation; Heterogenität
Abstract	In Asian language courses, 'Asian' students predominate. Many educators dichotomise students into Asian and non-Asian, and perceive Asian students in Asian language classes as problematic and a threat to non-Asian students. Such stereotypical belief about 'Asian students' may adversely affect non-Asian students and those with little trace of Asianness, impacting their motivations and perceptions regarding Asian language learning. This article reports on a study examining students enrolled in a Chinese or a Japanese language course, and analyses their motivations for learning the language, and their perceptions about their respective courses. The results of the study indicate that a Chinese or a Japanese language course consists of students with varied degrees of Asianness (from non-Asian students to native speakers of an Asian language), and reveal different motivational and perceptional profiles according to students' degrees of Asianness. Based on the findings, the article suggests ways of turning the classroom into an environment more conducive to cross-cultural learning, beneficial to all students. (Verlag).
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Update	2022/2