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Improving Intercultural Education at Chinese Institutions from German Experience

Author(s) -

Lihe Huang

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of international students

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.47

H-Index - 15

eISSN - 2166-3750

pISSN - 2162-3104

DOI - 10.32674/jis.v5i2.435

Subject(s) - german , intercultural communication , pedagogy , sociology , reading (process) , higher education , cultural diversity , psychology , political science , history , anthropology , law , archaeology

While flying on an airplane to Germany, heading to my new appointment as a visiting scholar, I reminded myself that there would likely be some cultural differences upon embarking on this new journey. But after I began my sojourn there, I still found myself surprised by the cultural shock I was experiencing. I had taken for granted that my English education and some reading on German culture and society could provide me adequate knowledge to get along with these “Westerners”.

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