Intercultural Identity and Intercultural Experiences of American Students in China

Autor/inn/en	Tian, Mei; Lowe, John Anthony
Titel	Intercultural Identity and Intercultural Experiences of American Students in China
Quelle	In: Journal of Studies in International Education, 18 (2014) 3, S.281-297 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153
DOI	10.1177/1028315313496582
Schlagwörter	Self Concept; Foreign Countries; Foreign Students; Longitudinal Studies; Case Studies; Acculturation; Cultural Awareness; College Students; Interviews; Student Attitudes; Biculturalism; North Americans; Diaries; Study Abroad; Exchange Programs; Reflection; Questionnaires; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstkonzept; Ausland; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Akkulturation; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Collegestudent; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerverhalten; Bikulturalität; Diary; Tagebuch; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Exchange programme; Exchange program; Exchange programmes; Austauschprogramm; Fragebogen
Abstract	The number of international students in China is increasing rapidly, but their experiences in China remain largely unknown. This article reports an intensive longitudinal multiple case study that explores eight American students' intercultural experiences and the impacts of such experiences on individual identity during their study in a Chinese university in 2010. Data come from monthly interviews and diaries that the students kept. Findings support Kim's depiction of the processes by which intercultural identity emerges, notably the "stress-adaptation-growth" cycle and the concurrent processes of "acculturation" and "deculturation". These findings reveal the journey of participants from cultural naivety to an emergent intercultural awareness and cultural critical capacity. Despite considerable ignorance and misunderstanding about China as an exotic "other" at the beginning of the program, all participants underwent some degree of cultural identity shift toward the more "open-ended . . . self-other orientation" of Kim's "intercultural identity." (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10