'Skeleton budget', 'intranet', 'dole', and other strange Words: Bridging the cultural divide in a multicultural classroom Weerakkody, Niranjala and Ahmad, Jamilah 2009, 'Skeleton budget', 'intranet', 'dole', and other strange Words: Bridging the cultural divide in a multicultural classroom, in PACA 2009 : 7th Biennial Conference of the Pacific and Asian Communication Association: Communication Encounters Across Cultures, Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp. 1-13. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title 'Skeleton budget', 'intranet', 'dole', and other strange Words: Bridging the cultural divide in a multicultural classroom Author(s) Weerakkody, Niranjala Ahmad, Jamilah Conference name International Conference of Pacific and Asian Communication Association (7th : 2009 : Selangor, Malaysia) Conference location Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia Conference dates 10 - 12 January, 2009 Title of proceedings PACA 2009 : 7th Biennial Conference of the Pacific and Asian Communication Association: Communication Encounters Across Cultures Editor(s) [Unknown] Publication date 2009 Conference series Pacific and Asian Communication Association Conference Start page 1 End page 13 Total pages 13 Publisher Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia Place of publication Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Keyword(s) culturally responsive teaching communication competence inter-subjectivity social realities teaching in a multicultural classroom auto-ethnography hidden curriculum international students Australian universities Summary This paper examines the experiences of two academics who had been international students themselves and currently teaching in multicultural settings at tertiary level, with regards to the issues of the teacher using culture specific slang and idiom with otherwise keen and bright groups of students, in Australia. Using the research method of auto-ethnography, it examines and categorises the themes of issues most often faced by the staff members and students-such as the use of different vocabulary and keywords and the prior knowledge required of both the teacher and the students in reaching a shared understanding or inter-subjectivity. These will be discussed in terms of the various realities experienced by the students coming from a diversity of countries and cultures. The paper discusses how these challenges can be identified and addressed and how to prepare for future situations more effectively and in advance. They will be examined within the contexts of culturally responsive teaching, communication competence, the hidden curriculum, instructional scaffolding, understanding and being open to other cultures and acknowledgement of the richness and relevance of the multicultural students’ varied experiences and social realities, from the point of view of the academic discipline of communication studies. ISBN 9789834118426 Language eng Field of Research 200105 Organisational, Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication Socio Economic Objective 950201 Communication Across Languages and Culture HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed HERDC collection year 2009 Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30016574 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Communication and Creative Arts Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (resctricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 01 Jul 2009, 10:50:56 EST Fri, 03 Jul 2009, 10:57:17 EST Mon, 06 Jul 2009, 16:54:27 EST Mon, 06 Jul 2009, 17:10:01 EST Mon, 06 Jul 2009, 17:11:01 EST Wed, 15 Jul 2009, 16:16:23 EST Wed, 15 Jul 2009, 16:20:06 EST Mon, 07 Dec 2009, 13:03:20 EST Fri, 08 Jan 2010, 14:29:56 EST Fri, 16 Mar 2012, 16:49:18 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 688 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 01 Jul 2009, 10:50:53 EST

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