This paper introduces a new model to represent how individuals can develop a deepened understanding of both a foreign culture and of their own culture as a result of viewing and engaging with foreign media, and in particular foreign films and television series. The model emerged from data collected in a study of how Chinese university students…

With the research of the relationship between inter-culture and language teaching development, people are well aware of the necessity of integrating inter-culture into language teaching. While providing the opportunity for the students to improve their intercultural communication competence, here, the research presented on the integration of…

Two Chinese-American educators who separately toured China report on teaching practices in that country. (Editors/JA)

This article is written in line with the debate on internationalisation in higher education, especially taking into consideration the connections between the rise of East Asia and the need to internationalise the universities in the West. The author focuses specifically on his professional experience as a member of the Expanding East Asian Studies…

This paper describes how videotapes of C-SPAN programs were used to aid research and teaching of cross-cultural issues related to United States-China relations. The specific focus of the C-SPAN programs discussed was the reaction in the United States to the Chinese pro-democracy movement. The use of C-SPAN resource can benefit student…

This workbook is divided into 17 topical sections containing student readings and classroom activities designed to supplement standard textbook presentations and to bring China "alive" for students. The organization of the materials and the background notes for teachers stress central themes that are distinctive and recurrent in Chinese…

This document consists of a collection of 13 curriculum projects created by U.S. teachers after visiting China during 1985. The included projects cover a variety of topics concerning China: "China Takes to the Streets: How Does Street Life Reflect Life in China?" (R. Andrian and H. Greenberg); "Outline for China Box--Exploring China…

This document consists of a collection of four curriculum projects created by U.S. teachers after visiting China during 1986. The projects are: "Thinking in Time: How Nations Use and Misuse History" (M. Lappen); "China: Educating over 1,000,000,000 People" (F. Marks and L. Schneider); "Old and New: China and the United…

This document consists of a collection of 18 curriculum projects created by U.S. teachers after visiting China during 1988. The projects cover a variety of topics concerning China: "Chinese Living Environments" (R. Stumpe Brent); "China as a Model of a Mixed Economy in a Developing Nation" (G. Caressi); "Images of…

This document consists of a collection of curriculum projects created by U.S. teachers after visiting China during 1990. The projects cover 16 topics concerning China: "The Education System in the People's Republic of China" (T. Birney); "What I Want to Know about the People's Republic: Brief Answers to Questions Asked about the…

Cooperation is one of the central motivating forces in the economic and social organization of China. This unit utilizes a game called "Broken Squares" to initiate a discussion of the concepts of cooperation and competition as possible models for problem solving. In the game, students are confronted with a group task and provided with…

Ten lessons designed to introduce elementary students to China are featured in this document. The lessons are aimed at second through fourth grade, but they also include follow-up activities for kindergarten through sixth grade and are easily adapted to a given grade level. The lessons also are designed to incorporate elements and skills…

In spring 1989, the United States watched intently as televised reports relayed the events unfolding in Beijing's (China) Tiananmen Square. This concern for a people whose culture and political institutions are significantly different reflects a continuing and compelling interest in China. Although historians and journalists in the United States…