GlobalIntercultural Communication in China
via Zoom
Since China’s open-door and economic reform policies in the 1980s, when China began to reengage with the world, the need for foreign language teaching (FLT) became a priority. Theorists and practitioners of FLT raised the awareness of understanding its social and cultural knowledge while learning a language. This expansion of FLT to social cultural knowledge led to a growing awareness of the need for intercultural communication. In this presentation, Dr. Hairong Feng will discuss the history and development of intercultural communication in China by incorporating her education experiences in the 1990s in Chinese universities, and her recent research and teaching of intercultural communication across the two cultures of the U.S. and China.
This event is part of the Considering China webinar series, exploring important topics related to China's many facets with the local community.
Hairong Feng
Hairong Feng is professor of communication at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Feng’s research interests include supportive communication across cultures, politeness across cultures, and intercultural competence. Her publications have appeared in major communication journals, books, and encyclopedias, and she has received top-paper awards in her professional fields. Feng served as president for the Association for Chinese Communication Studies from 2014 to 2015 and faculty advisor for the Chinese Students and Scholars Association at UMD from 2016 to 2022. She currently serves as the associate head of the communication department at UMD.