A Bridge to Intercultural Understanding: Reading Teachers in the U.S. & English Learners in China Read Children's Literature Books in a Global Book Club

Autor/in	Wang, Yang
Titel	A Bridge to Intercultural Understanding: Reading Teachers in the U.S. & English Learners in China Read Children's Literature Books in a Global Book Club
Quelle	In: Multicultural Education, 25 (2017) 1, S.41-47 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1068-3844
Schlagwörter	Multicultural Education; Cross Cultural Training; English Teachers; Reading Teachers; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Books; Clubs; Cultural Awareness; Childrens Literature; Picture Books; Foreign Countries; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Multikulturelle Erziehung; Interkulturelle Orientierung; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Englischunterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Reading Teaching; Reading teacher; Leseprozess; Lesen; Lesenlernen; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; Club; Klub; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Picture book; Bilderbuch; Ausland
Abstract	In this article, the author describes how a group of teachers and teacher candidates along with a group of English as a foreign language (EFL) learners in China participated in a book club through which they read and discussed global literature books. The inquiry for this action research project was: How do American teachers and Chinese EFL learners build intercultural understanding through reading and responding to children's picture books in a global book club? The purpose of this study was to investigate how readers explore each other's culture and their self culture and gain intercultural understanding through children's literature books, while also seeking implications for selecting and incorporating children's literature to inform literacy practices. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01