Language teaching & learning (other than ELT)
Gateways to Cross-Cultural Exchanges
by Ching-Yi Tien / Paul C. TALLEY / Yukiri Kusaka / Mohamed Reddad / Grace Po-ting Fang
Description
Designed for college students who are at a high-intermediate level of English proficiency, this book provides an effective introduction to different aspects of cross-cultural encounters. Using language suitable for both purpose and audience, this book explores various topics related to cross-cultural interaction, such as communication, education, gender, and food.
The aim of this book is to equip students with the ability to deal with cross-cultural situations and help them develop an open-minded attitude towards people from different cultures.
Consisting of carefully arranged elements such as informative readings, real-life dialogues, in-depth discussions, engaging after-class activities, and colorful illustrations, this book is also a useful learning tool for those who would like to expand their English vocabulary, cultivate better reading skills, and enhance their listening comprehension.
There are 14 units in this book, with each unit divided into seven or eight sections:
1.Think & Discuss
Each Think & Discuss section contains a picture and accompanying questions related to the topic of the unit. This section serves as a warm-up, building up students’ ability to comprehend visual scenarios and allowing them to share their thoughts with classmates.
2.Brainstorming
Each unit contains a number of brainstorming questions related to the article in Guided Reading, allowing students to reflect on ideas or issues that are presented in the article and form their own opinions before reading it.
3.Guided Reading
This section contains an article exploring the topic in a cross-cultural context, providing students with cross-cultural knowledge and fostering open-mindedness in them when they deal with cross-cultural issues. There is also an audio file that goes along with this section for students to enhance their listening competency.
4.Reading Comprehension
This section provides either reading comprehension questions or a True or False quiz to test students’ understanding of the article and open in-depth discussions on the ideas presented in the article.
5.Dialogue
Each unit contains a dialogue that plays out scenarios related to the topic. Through conversations between characters, students can derive a general picture of how cross-cultural encounters may happen in real life. Like the Guided Reading section, this section comprises an audio file to help students strengthen their listening ability.
6.Dialogue Discussion
A number of discussion questions follow each dialogue to test students’ comprehension of the dialogue and prompt them to discuss the real-life issues raised.
7.Further Discussion
Some units contain a further discussion section in which students can engage more deeply with issues that are connected to the main topic. It gives students an opportunity to examine and reflect on cross-cultural ideas that are relevant to today’s world.
8.Making Connections
This concluding section provides suggestions for extra reading materials, research topics, or activities that will enrich students’ knowledge of the topic and apply what they have learned to real life.
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Author Biography
Ching-Yi Tien received her PhD degree in Applied Linguistics and TESOL from the University of Leicester, UK. Over the past eighteen years, she has worked with different student age groups, ranging from 3 years old up to 60 and plus. She was actively engaged in teacher training programs, large-scale projects and presented at the international conferences. She is currently teaching in the Department of Applied English at I-Shou University, Taiwan. She has written several EFL textbooks, such as Office Talk: Workplace English Vocabulary, English for Health and Medical Care, KET for School Preparation, and MICE English: Meetings, Incentive Travel, Conventions, and Exhibitions.
Paul C. TALLEY
Paul C. Talley received his PhD degree in Applied Linguistics and TESOL from National Kaohsiung Normal University in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. For the past sixteen years, he has taught applied English and Business English coursework. He has taught junior high school and high school and many advanced executive-level courses for both private and public entities. He is currently on the faculty of the Department of Applied English at I-Shou University, Taiwan. He is also a co-author of Reticence in the EFL Classroom: A Study in a Taiwanese EFL Context.
Yukiri Kusaka
Yukiri Kusaka received her master of science degree in Financial Management from the University of Bath, UK. Over the past sixteen years, she has worked in the Department of Tourism and the Department of Applied Japanese. She has received two Excellent Awards in teaching and numerous counseling awards. She is actively engaged in teacher internship programs, graduation plays, overseas exchange programs, and traditional Japanese kimono and yukata lessons. She is currently teaching in the Department of Applied Japanese at I-Shou University, Taiwan.
Mohamed Reddad
Mohamed Reddad received his bachelor’s degree in English Literature and Linguistics from the University of Fez, and a TEFL certificate from the College of Educational Sciences at the University of Mohammed V in Rabat, Morocco. He received his master’s degree in TESOL from Adelphi University, New York. Mohamed Reddad has worked as an EFL teacher and curriculum developer in Morocco, the United States and Taiwan. He has also worked as a language instructor and cross-culture coordinator for the United States Peace Corps in Morocco. Mohamed Reddad is presently teaching in the Department of Applied English at I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Grace Po-ting Fang received her PhD degree in English and American Studies from the University of East Anglia, UK. Over the past sixteen years, she has engaged in various types of teaching, including Interpretation, Translation, Multimedia Language Teaching and Spanish, in the Department of Applied English at I-Shou University, Taiwan. Some of her publications are listed as follows: Español Práctico para Principiantes, Office Talk: Workplace English Vocabulary, MICE English, CALL & New Learning Environments in Asia, and Let's Learn Chinese.
Cosmos Culture, Ltd.
Cosmos Culture Ltd., established in March 1998, is composed of intellectuals from different professions. The staff is devoted to cultural education and hopes to make a significant contribution to the inheritance and development of world culture by providing knowledge and high quality reference books to our readers. Contributing to the world’s culture is an endless road. Today’s world is a global village. Skill with two or more languages is crucial if an individual wants to play a role in the rapid growth of worldwide human communication and cultural exchanges.
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- Publisher Cosmos Culture Ltd.
- Publication Date March 2021
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9789863188384
- Publication Country or regionTaiwan
- FormatBook With CD
- Primary Price 600 TWD
- Pages128
- ReadershipCollege/Tertiary Education
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2021
- Dimensions21X28 cm
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