Learning-as-Ethnographers Approach to Enhance Intercultural Learning
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO Greeley, Colorado The Graduate School
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A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences School of Teacher Education Program of Educational Studies
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Minhui Lu May 2012
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USING THE LEARNERS-AS-ETHNOGRAPHERS APPROACH TO ENHANCE INTERCULTURAL LEARNING AMONG AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS LEARNING CHINESE AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
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This Dissertation by: Minhui Lu Entitled: Using the Learners-as-ethnographers Approach to Enhance Intercultural Learning Among American College Students Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language has been approved as meeting the requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Education in College of Education and Behavioral Sciences in School of Teacher Education, Program of Educational Studies Accepted by the Doctoral Committee ______________________________________________________ Dana Walker, Ph.D., Chair _______________________________________________________ Madeline Milian, Ed.D., Committee Member _______________________________________________________ Elizabeth Franklin, Ph.D., Committee Member _______________________________________________________ Deborah Romero, Ph.D., Faculty Representative Date of Dissertation Defense: February 6, 2012 Accepted by the Graduate School
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A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences School of Teacher Education Program of Educational Studies
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Minhui Lu May 2012
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USING THE LEARNERS-AS-ETHNOGRAPHERS APPROACH TO ENHANCE INTERCULTURAL LEARNING AMONG AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS LEARNING CHINESE AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
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This Dissertation by: Minhui Lu Entitled: Using the Learners-as-ethnographers Approach to Enhance Intercultural Learning Among American College Students Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language has been approved as meeting the requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Education in College of Education and Behavioral Sciences in School of Teacher Education, Program of Educational Studies Accepted by the Doctoral Committee ______________________________________________________ Dana Walker, Ph.D., Chair _______________________________________________________ Madeline Milian, Ed.D., Committee Member _______________________________________________________ Elizabeth Franklin, Ph.D., Committee Member _______________________________________________________ Deborah Romero, Ph.D., Faculty Representative Date of Dissertation Defense: February 6, 2012 Accepted by the Graduate School
References: enhancing learners’ communicative competence rather than linguistic competence (for discussion, see Leung, 2005). 5 “a global perspective” (Kedia & Daniel, 2003)