All Outputs (3)

English as a Lingua Franca: Intercultural Interaction in an Asian 'Third Space' Context (2024)
Journal Article
Victoria, M., Xu, F. H., & Pilcher, N. (in press). English as a Lingua Franca: Intercultural Interaction in an Asian 'Third Space' Context. Asian Englishes,

In many studies on English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), the prevailing perspective has primarily focused on ELF as the use of English for communication among speakers who do not share English as their first language. However, recent scholarship has emph... Read More about English as a Lingua Franca: Intercultural Interaction in an Asian 'Third Space' Context.

An exploration of the dynamics of culture and personal acculturation in a culturally complex situation: Learning from university students' experiences of group work (2018)
Thesis
Xu, F. H. An exploration of the dynamics of culture and personal acculturation in a culturally complex situation: Learning from university students' experiences of group work. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1255585

In this thesis, I adopt the anti-essentialist cultural paradigm to explore the complexity within the processes of both cultural-making and personal acculturation that may occur in an interweaving way within a local cultural arena (Holliday, 2011; 20... Read More about An exploration of the dynamics of culture and personal acculturation in a culturally complex situation: Learning from university students' experiences of group work.

Reconceptualization of Acculturation from the Non-Essentialist Cultural View (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Xu, H. (. (2015). Reconceptualization of Acculturation from the Non-Essentialist Cultural View

In this paper, I start with the three building blocks concluded from the diverse acculturation definitions across disciplines and then discuss the main focuses in acculturation studies. Through the review, I realise that a critical thinking of accult... Read More about Reconceptualization of Acculturation from the Non-Essentialist Cultural View.