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From native to intercultural speaker and beyond: intercultural (communicative) competence in foreign language education (2020)
Book Chapter
Wilkinson, J. (2020). From native to intercultural speaker and beyond: intercultural (communicative) competence in foreign language education. In J. Jackson (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication. (2nd). Routledge. https

This updated chapter offers a critical re-evaluation of the concepts ‘intercultural speaker’ and ‘intercultural (communicative) competence’ in the light of developments in the field of language and intercultural communication over the last decade. A... Read More about From native to intercultural speaker and beyond: intercultural (communicative) competence in foreign language education.

A Critical Auto/Ethnography of Learning Spanish: Intercultural Competence on the Gringo Trail? (2017)
Book
Stanley, P. (2017). A Critical Auto/Ethnography of Learning Spanish: Intercultural Competence on the Gringo Trail?. Routledge

The premise that intercultural contact produces intercultural competence underpins much rationalization of backpacker tourism and in-country language education. However, if insufficiently problematized, pre-existing constructions of cultural 'otherne... Read More about A Critical Auto/Ethnography of Learning Spanish: Intercultural Competence on the Gringo Trail?.

Ethical considerations in Language Policy Research (2015)
Book Chapter
Canagarajah, S., & Stanley, P. (2015). Ethical considerations in Language Policy Research. In F. M. Hult, & D. C. Johnson (Eds.), Research Methods in Language Policy and Planning: A Practical Guide (33-44). Wiley

Ethics is becoming important in research as well as in policy as one can witness a critical turn in language planning and policy (LPP) and other domains of scholarly inquiry. While the positivistic tradition adopted the stance of objectivity, neutral... Read More about Ethical considerations in Language Policy Research.

Multiculturalism with Chinese characteristics (2012)
Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2012). Multiculturalism with Chinese characteristics. In L. Hernandez (Ed.), China and the West : encounters with the other in culture, arts, politics and everyday life (73-92). Cambridge Scholars Publishing

No abstract available.

‘Don’t be serious, sabai-sabai สบายสบาย’: How Members of an English Conversation Club at a Thai University do Interculturality (2017)
Book Chapter
Victoria, M. (in press). ‘Don’t be serious, sabai-sabai สบายสบาย’: How Members of an English Conversation Club at a Thai University do Interculturality. In Discourse and Interculturality

The current investigation explores interculturality by looking at the language practices of a culturally and linguistically diverse group of postgraduate students from China, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines. As members of an English conv... Read More about ‘Don’t be serious, sabai-sabai สบายสบาย’: How Members of an English Conversation Club at a Thai University do Interculturality.

Book review of "Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca: Rethinking Concepts and Goals in Intercultural Communication" - Will Baker (2017)
Journal Article
Ratz, S. (2017). Book review of "Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca: Rethinking Concepts and Goals in Intercultural Communication" - Will Baker. Asian EFL Journal, 19(4),

Book review of Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca: Rethinking Concepts and Goals in Intercultural Communication - Will Baker. Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2015, pp xi + 284

Becoming an independent learner through cultural transitions (2011)
Book Chapter
Zhou, V. X. (2011). Becoming an independent learner through cultural transitions. In F. Su (Ed.), Chasing the Dream: Chinese Learning Journeys, (89-103). Chasing the Dream: Chinese Learning Journeys: Trentham Books

No abstract available.

A 'third space' perspective on intercultural dialogue (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhou, V. X., & Pilcher, N. (2017, June). A 'third space' perspective on intercultural dialogue. Paper presented at 17th International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC) annual conference - Interrogating the 'Third Space': Ne

No abstract available.

Acculturation as storied cultural learning experience (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhou, V. X. (2012, May). Acculturation as storied cultural learning experience. Paper presented at Narrative Matters 2012 – Life and Narrative, Paris

In intercultural communication studies, acculturation is a popular topic that addresses the process through which individuals acquire new cultural patterns through intercultural contact. Acculturation is a dynamic process that often involves changing... Read More about Acculturation as storied cultural learning experience.

Tapping the thirdness in the intercultural space of dialogue (2018)
Journal Article
Zhou, V. X., & Pilcher, N. (2018). Tapping the thirdness in the intercultural space of dialogue. Language and Intercultural Communication, 19(1), 23-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2018.1545025

In this paper, we explore intercultural communication as dialogue occurring in a third space. Through seven students' reflective essays on group-based intercultural learning, we analyse the ever-shifting communicative space that interlocutors produce... Read More about Tapping the thirdness in the intercultural space of dialogue.

Ethnography and autoethnography in ELT research: Querying the axiomatic (2019)
Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2019). Ethnography and autoethnography in ELT research: Querying the axiomatic. In X. Gao (Ed.), Second Handbook of English Language Teaching. Switzerland: Springer

With a view to suggesting ways forward in qualitative ELT research, this chapter surveys two related fields of literature in order to question the taken-for-granted. The first field reviewed is ethnography and here the focus on its intellectual histo... Read More about Ethnography and autoethnography in ELT research: Querying the axiomatic.

Theorizing the cultural borderlands: Imag(in)ing "them" and "us" (2015)
Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2015). Theorizing the cultural borderlands: Imag(in)ing "them" and "us". In J. Brown, & N. F. Johnson (Eds.), Children’s Images of Identity: Drawing the Self and the Other (1-13). Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers

No abstract available.

Language-learner Tourists in Australia: Problematizing 'The Known' and its Impact on Interculturality (2015)
Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2015). Language-learner Tourists in Australia: Problematizing 'The Known' and its Impact on Interculturality. In D. J. Rivers (Ed.), Resistance to the Known: Counter-Conduct in Language Education (23-46). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/1

Think of ‘typical’ Australian scenes, and what springs to mind? Likely images include blond surfers on sun-drenched beaches, Indigenous faces patterned with paint, Sydney Opera House, cricket and rugby, dangerous wildlife and outback terrain, and cur... Read More about Language-learner Tourists in Australia: Problematizing 'The Known' and its Impact on Interculturality.

Talking to strangers: Learning Spanish by using it (2015)
Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2015). Talking to strangers: Learning Spanish by using it. In D. Nunan, & J. C. Richards (Eds.), Language Learning Beyond the Classroom (244-252). New York: Routledge

No abstract available.