How Long to Read The Discursive Construction of Intercultural Understanding in China

How Long Does it Take to Read The Discursive Construction of Intercultural Understanding in China?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 20 minutes to read The Discursive Construction of Intercultural Understanding in China by Wang Xi

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book represents an ethnographic study of an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program in a school in mainland China, serving Chinese students and staffed by teachers from a variety of origins. It offers in-depth descriptions of the way in which students, teachers, and managers interact and communicate with one another in a variety of school activities. Through the communication process, cultural experiences and understandings are negotiated constantly among school participants. The ethnographic study also has a critical intention. Going beyond description, the author discusses the extent to which networks of social relationships in the case are imbued by asymmetries in power, and how this leads to people’s inability, unwillingness, and unawareness to interact with those from different cultural backgrounds. As research findings reveal, where the construction of meaning is less equally available to each participant, prejudice and exclusiveness are more likely to be assumed, impeding individuals’ intercultural learning. The key is to empower those less privileged, giving them legitimacy to come to voice in an institutional context on the one hand, and protecting their reflections on hegemonic discourse meticulously on the other hand. Since the research explores the complexities and subtleties of the communication process that are bound to particular contexts, like most ethnographic studies, it aims at adding a body of experience and humanistic understanding of cultures, rather than testing theories. Although the IB Program being studied can hardly be representative of the overall development of international education in China, the detailed description of contextual issues of the case and the research procedures could facilitate the readers to vicariously experience these events, thus they can make their own decisions about the transferability of the research to their own unique situations.

How long is The Discursive Construction of Intercultural Understanding in China?

The Discursive Construction of Intercultural Understanding in China by Wang Xi is 255 pages long, and a total of 65,025 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 79% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Discursive Construction of Intercultural Understanding in China Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 55 minutes to read The Discursive Construction of Intercultural Understanding in China aloud.

What Reading Level is The Discursive Construction of Intercultural Understanding in China?

The Discursive Construction of Intercultural Understanding in China is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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