TY - GEN
T1 - Simulation Rhetoric and Activity Theory
T2 - Experiential Learning in Intercultural Simulations
AU - Wang, Junhua
PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - In the field of intercultural business and technical communication, intercultural communication has been a regular topic in curriculum for decades; various teaching approaches exist for developing students’ cultural awareness and helping them achieve a theoretical understanding about the concept of culture, cultural differences, and cultural conflict. But quite often teaching and learning are limited in the classroom context, although it is true that study abroad programs are available for a small group of students. As a result, students do not have enough opportunities to interact with members of other cultures, which limits students’ potentials for gaining intercultural competence. This study explores the rhetorical nature of simulations, defines the perspective of using activity theory as a framework to understand the learning process occurring in simulations, and provides an intercultural simulation example to explain how instructors can incorporate simulations into the business and technical communication curriculum.
AB - In the field of intercultural business and technical communication, intercultural communication has been a regular topic in curriculum for decades; various teaching approaches exist for developing students’ cultural awareness and helping them achieve a theoretical understanding about the concept of culture, cultural differences, and cultural conflict. But quite often teaching and learning are limited in the classroom context, although it is true that study abroad programs are available for a small group of students. As a result, students do not have enough opportunities to interact with members of other cultures, which limits students’ potentials for gaining intercultural competence. This study explores the rhetorical nature of simulations, defines the perspective of using activity theory as a framework to understand the learning process occurring in simulations, and provides an intercultural simulation example to explain how instructors can incorporate simulations into the business and technical communication curriculum.
KW - activity theory
KW - intercultural simulation
KW - procedural rhetoric
KW - simulation
KW - simulation rhetoric
KW - synthetic culture
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U2 - 10.1177/0047281618824865
DO - 10.1177/0047281618824865
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85060653649
VL - 49
SP - 213
EP - 231
JO - Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
JF - Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
SN - 0047-2816
ER -