Culture shock is unavoidable for foreign teachers in China. Using qualitative method, this paper reports a case study of culture shock--a foreign teacher＇s teaching experience in a Chinese university located in an ar...Culture shock is unavoidable for foreign teachers in China. Using qualitative method, this paper reports a case study of culture shock--a foreign teacher＇s teaching experience in a Chinese university located in an area with a unique local population. The city involved in this study is Meizhou, located in Guangdong Province, which is considered ＂the capital of Hakka＂. The study found that indirect communication is a big shock for foreign teachers who teach in this area. The paper explores the reasons from the perspectives of Hakka culture and points out that culture shock can be an important aspect of foreign teachers＇ professional development, cultural learning and personal growth. Finally, the study provides implications for language teaching and learning in a similar area, such as Meizhou.展开更多
Industrial demand is the leading core of engineering education reform. Promoting the integration between engineering personnel training and business needs is an important and urgent issue of our outstanding program im...Industrial demand is the leading core of engineering education reform. Promoting the integration between engineering personnel training and business needs is an important and urgent issue of our outstanding program implementation. Based on the empirical research conclusions of ＂investigation on innovative engineering talent structure of Chinese enterprises＂ and ＂survey of the current outstanding engineer training model＂, analyzing the gap between outstanding engineer training and business needs, proposing to strengthen benefits on personnel training of both schools and enterprises, taking personnel training environment, talent development goals and talent evaluation criteria as a starting point, and promoting personnel training process is deeply involved in the smooth implementation of Outstanding Program.展开更多
We live in a multicultural world. As a result, we often have to deal with people from a different culture. This is not easy since we may have very different ways of thinking and doing things from the people we meet. W...We live in a multicultural world. As a result, we often have to deal with people from a different culture. This is not easy since we may have very different ways of thinking and doing things from the people we meet. What is considered good in our culture may mean opposite somewhere else. The understanding of cultural distinctions is very crucial in the business world. The businessmen/women who have sufficient cultural knowledge are more likely to be successful in building relationship with their business counterparts than those who do not. This is because the ones who possess such precious knowledge tend to be more adept at avoiding misunderstanding and confusion. Considering the significant contribution of understanding cultural differences to successful business endeavor, the teachers of Business English need to equip their students with knowledge and strategies that they can use to cope with cultural diversity. In this paper, the writer discusses some activities that can be used to develop students＇ intercultural awareness.展开更多
文摘Culture shock is unavoidable for foreign teachers in China. Using qualitative method, this paper reports a case study of culture shock--a foreign teacher＇s teaching experience in a Chinese university located in an area with a unique local population. The city involved in this study is Meizhou, located in Guangdong Province, which is considered ＂the capital of Hakka＂. The study found that indirect communication is a big shock for foreign teachers who teach in this area. The paper explores the reasons from the perspectives of Hakka culture and points out that culture shock can be an important aspect of foreign teachers＇ professional development, cultural learning and personal growth. Finally, the study provides implications for language teaching and learning in a similar area, such as Meizhou.
文摘Industrial demand is the leading core of engineering education reform. Promoting the integration between engineering personnel training and business needs is an important and urgent issue of our outstanding program implementation. Based on the empirical research conclusions of ＂investigation on innovative engineering talent structure of Chinese enterprises＂ and ＂survey of the current outstanding engineer training model＂, analyzing the gap between outstanding engineer training and business needs, proposing to strengthen benefits on personnel training of both schools and enterprises, taking personnel training environment, talent development goals and talent evaluation criteria as a starting point, and promoting personnel training process is deeply involved in the smooth implementation of Outstanding Program.
文摘We live in a multicultural world. As a result, we often have to deal with people from a different culture. This is not easy since we may have very different ways of thinking and doing things from the people we meet. What is considered good in our culture may mean opposite somewhere else. The understanding of cultural distinctions is very crucial in the business world. The businessmen/women who have sufficient cultural knowledge are more likely to be successful in building relationship with their business counterparts than those who do not. This is because the ones who possess such precious knowledge tend to be more adept at avoiding misunderstanding and confusion. Considering the significant contribution of understanding cultural differences to successful business endeavor, the teachers of Business English need to equip their students with knowledge and strategies that they can use to cope with cultural diversity. In this paper, the writer discusses some activities that can be used to develop students＇ intercultural awareness.
