The key Intercultural Communication issues for Language Learning

Open Centre for Languages and Cultures, The Open University

Professor Zhu Hua from UCL joins us to  discuss key shifts within intercultural communication and implications on language learning.

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Professor Zhu Hua, from the International Centre for Intercultural Studies, Institute of Education UCL, joins us for the first Distinguished Speaker Series of 2023, to discuss key shifts within intercultural communication and their implications for language learning.Globalisation, the changing dynamics of geopolitics and, more recently, the on-going pandemic and rising nationalism have heightened the significance of intercultural issues in almost every aspect of everyday life. In this talk, Professor Zhu Hua will reflect on the key shifts in conceptualisation and methodological positioning within intercultural communication research and discuss their implications for language learning along the following questions:   - Where is culture in language learning and teaching?  - What are the perks and perils of intercultural encounters mediated through digital technology? - How can intercultural communication research contribute to inequality and social justice agendas?About the Speaker:Zhu Hua is Professor of Language Learning and Intercultural Communication and Director of International Centre for Intercultural Studies at the Institute of Education, University College London (UCL).  She is a Fellow of Academy of Social Sciences, UK and Chair of British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL). Her research draws from her experience of intercultural living and working in China and UK and centres on multilingual and intercultural communication and language development. In the second half of the session Stefanie Schneider, lecturer in Intercultural Communication from the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics at the Open University, will be discussing themes from the school's Intercultural Communication short course.This talk will be held online via Zoom. A link will be emailed prior to the event.

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