Language & Intercultural Communication
Editor: Dr John Corbett (University of Glasgow)
Associate Editor: Robert Crawshaw (Lancaster University)
Reviews and Criticism Editor: Dr Fiona J. Doloughan (University of Surrey)
Editorial Board: Gavin Jack (University of Stirling)
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Volume: 6 Number: 1 Page: 18–34
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Problematising Intercultural Communication Competence in the Pluricultural Classroom: Chinese Students in a New Zealand University
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Prue Holmes
Waikato Management School, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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This study juxtaposes current approaches to intercultural communication compe-tence (ICC) with Chinese students' learning and communication experiences in a New Zealand pluricultural classroom. Fifteen first-year Chinese university students were interviewed and participated in focus groups. The findings indicated that the Chinese students' rules for communication – face negotiation, and maintaining roles, harmony and relationships – were not compatible with the New Zealand rules for competent classroom communication. Therefore, there is a need for a critical turn that is culture- and context-specific, and exposes power relations when theorising and investigating ICC.
Keywords: intercultural communication competence, Chinese students/learners, international education, Chinese communication
© 2006 P. Holmes
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