
Reciprocal Learning between Canada and China in Language and Culture Education
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"Unlike many East-West partnerships that prioritize acquisition of skills to enable young people to work across cultural divides, this book explores efforts by Canadian and Chinese educators to enhance intercultural competence for their people in a way that is mutually beneficial to both nations. This well-written and timely book is unique in that the contributing authors are involved in the Canada-China Reciprocal Learning Partnership project and write from their experience. It is an important contribution to understanding and strengthening the Reciprocal Learning Partnership between Canada and China." (James Oloo, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Windsor, Canada)
"This book brilliantly explores and promotes cross-cultural understanding and reciprocal learning between the East and West (China and Canada), breaking down stereotypes and building bridges of mutual respect and trust. This inspiring work offers valuable insights, transforming our perception of education and preservice teachers' fieldwork in cross-cultural contexts, and generating new cultural lenses that enhance global competence and intercultural dialogues in English language teaching and learning." (Yali Zhao, International Virtual Exchange Faculty Associate and Associate Professor of Social Studies at Georgia State University, USA)
"This book series is a great guide about how to build educational knowledge and understanding from a cross-cultural perspective, originating in language education but in the end it achieved a great transcendence. Many vivid cases in the book undoubtedly provide teachers, students, and parents with a reference that both expands cognition, maintains value, and has methodological significance. In fact, I think the authors, after conducting a lot of observation, interview and reflection, seem to have found a new way of reading the world of education, which may not be as efficient as AI, but is full of human passion and wisdom, and makes people feel peaceful and hopeful." (Shuhan Yang, Assistant Dean of Faculty of Education at Yunnan Normal University, China)
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Shijing Xu is Canada Research Chair and Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Windsor, Canada.
Luxin Yang is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the National Research Centre for Foreign Language Education and Associate Dean of School of English and International Studies at Beijing Foreign Studies University, China.
Yuhan Deng is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education at the University of Windsor, Canada.
Shuai Fu is Lecturer in the Foreign Language Department of Beijing Union University, China.
Content
Section I:Background of the FieldworkChapter 1. English as A Second/Additional Language in Canada and English as A Foreign/International Language in China.- Section II: Sister School Fieldwork.- Chapter 2. Tracing the Canada-China Sister Schools' Reciprocal Learning Practices in Synchronous Communication: A Case Study.- Chapter 3. A Narrative Inquiry in Student-Centred Teaching Practices in A Windsor-Beijing Sister School Pair.- Chapter 4. Reciprocal Learning Between Canadian and Chinese Sister Schools Through the Compiling of a Bilingual and Cross-cultural Reading Kit.- Chapter 5. Exploring Chinese and Canadian Educational Practitioners' Perceptions of Calligraphy Learning: A Cross-Cultural Study.- Section III: Pre-service Teacher Education RLP Fieldwork.- Chapter 6. Cultural Shock and Adaption: Canadian Pre-service Teachers' Reciprocal Learning Experience.- Chapter 7. Canadian Pre-service Teachers' International Intercultural Experience: Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language and Teaching English as a Foreign Language in China.- Chapter 8. Chinese Non-English Major Teacher Candidates' International Intercultural Experience: Changing Perspectives on EFL through their International Intercultural Learning in Canada.- Section IV: Research by Canadian RLP Participants.- Chapter 9. Speaking for Purpose: A Case Study of Bilingual Immersion Pedagogy Within the Chinese EFL Context.- Chapter 10. Canadian Pre-service Teachers' English Language and Cultural Teaching in the Cross-cultural Context.- Section V: Commentary.- Chapter 11 Commentary: What Pedagogical Principles Underlie Reciprocal Intercultural Learning?.- Chapter 12 Fieldwork, Reciprocal Learning, and Growth Mindset: Sustained by Indigenous Spirit and 'Great Learning'.