Xianlin, Song <br/><br/>
Bridging Transcultural Divides: Asian Languages and Cultures in Global Higher Education 

 -  University of Adelaide Press  2012 
 - 1 electronic resource (286 p.) 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> This volume presents the diverse approaches and achievements of scholars of Asian cultures and languages in today’s global academy. Recent vast increases in student numbers and ethnic diversity have created pressing challenges for a higher education which engages with contemporary concerns for Asian societies as well as for Asian students involved in Western education. This collection of scholarly analyses demonstrates the centrality and significance of Asian Studies and languages for these globalising academic communities. Significantly, it demands a rethinking of traditional ‘intercultural’ education. In so doing, it brings empirical knowledge as well as multicultural interpretation and multilingual expertise to throw new light on the challenges in higher education today, and to open up new understandings of the demands of the future. - Professor John Makeham    Head, Department of Chinese Studies, The Australian National University 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781922064318 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1017/9781922064318  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Education
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>social studies cultural studies pedagogy language curriculum chinese transcultural exchange indonesian study skills plagiarism asian languages globalisation japanese australian universities China Critical thinking International student Kanji