Friday
SESSION 1 10:30-12:00
1A Business Communication
Chair: Fuyuko Takita Ruetenik, Hiroshima City University, Japan
A Comparison Between Japanese and US Business Communication Strategies: Focusing on Dependence vs. Independence
Fuyuko Takita Ruetenik, Hiroshima City University, Japan
Empowering Japanese and American Coworkers: Testing the Interactive Acculturation Model in Japan
Adam Komisarof, Reitaku University, Japan
Effective Teaching Strategies for Diverse Learners of Business Communication: A Case Study from INTI University College, Malaysia
Arezou Zalipour, INTI University College, Malaysia Dilani Sampath, INTI University College, Malaysia
1B Collaboration Across Cultures
Chair: Pipsa Purhonen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
CANCELLED Intercultural collaboration: Field forces, hibernation intervals and their interplay Asim Satpathy, Infosys Leadership Institute, India
Internationalization as an Approach to Social Transition and Globalization through Educational Communication across Cultures
Xin-Ping Guan, Shenzhen Polytechnic, China
SME representatives’ and intermediaries’ perceptions of collaborative relationships in SME internationalization
Pipsa Purhonen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Engaging a Diverse Community by the Kumiai Way
Carolyn Kyyhkynen Lee, Rollins College, USA
1C Communication Skills and Strategies
Chair: Jane Harland, Fukuoka University, Japan
CANCELLED Acculturation Strategies among Chinese College Students from the North in the South Yi-An Wang, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China
Cultivating Students’ Cultural Empathy Competence through Text-based Teaching Peng Jinding, Central South University, China Fu Ping, Hunan No.1 Normal College, China
Communication Strategies Across Religious Culture: Taking Christianity and Buddhism in Taiwan as an example
Wei-wei Vivian Huang, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Presenting Across the Cultural Divide
Jane Harland, Fukuoka University, Japan
1D Conflict Education, Communication and Management
Chair: Stephen B. Ryan, Yamagata University, Japan
MOVED TO 1H Bringing Cultural Background Knowledge to the Surface to Better Understand Cross-Cultural Conflict in Specific Contexts
Stephen B. Ryan, Yamagata University, Japan
Do the strategies really work?--A meta-analysis of the applicability of pattern-matching of "situation-strategy-effect" in Taiwan's crisis rhetorical studies
Yi-Chen Debbie Wu, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
Dialogicality in the Cultural Conflict：An Analysis of the Dispute over Homosexuals in Contemporary China
Jiuquan Han, Hebei Agricultural University, China Ning Sun, Hebei University、China (read by Zhou Jie)
Friendships after Break-Ups: Relational Maintenance Strategies in Cross-Sex Post-Dating Relationships in Taiwan
Pei-Wen Lee, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan
Analysis on Chinese Students’ Failure in Applying Politeness Maxims in an International Sports Fair
Zhou Jie, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
1E Culture and Language
Chair: Sunny Lie, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA
A Study of the Similarities of Idiomatic Expressions in Both Chinese and English Languages
Qiao Mengduo, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Such a unique relationship… it must be Yuan Fen: Chinese cultural meanings of relations and actions in daily social settings
Sunny Lie, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA
Understanding Culture Through Language: The Japanese Concept of ‘Self’
Nerida Jarkey, University of Sydney, Australia
MOVED TO 1H How English Idioms Stumble Chinese University Learners Li Huijie, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
MOVED TO 1H Intercultural and Interracial Communication of the East and the West: From Kipling’s “Ballad of the East and West” to Friedman’s The World Is Flat Guiyou Huang, St. Thomas University, USA
1F Culture in Education
Chair:
A Critical and Comparative Study of the Curriculum Development of CFL Offered by Overseas Confucius Institute and EFL Curriculum in China
Hongqin Zhao, Zhejiang University, ChinaJieping FanJianbin Huang, Zhejiang University, China
A Survey of the Deficiency in Conveying Chinese Culture in College English Teaching and Learning
Shi Bingyan, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Wang Xuesong, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
CancelledLinguaculture: Uniting language and culture through literacy Stephen Mackerras, Griffith University, Australia
Introduction of the Intercultural Development Inventory to a Long-term Study of Student Journals in an Undergraduate Intercultural Communication Course
Sherry Jett Barnes, Trinity Christian College, USA
1G Health Communication
Chair: Rukhsana Ahmed, University of Ottawa, Canada
Communicating Reiki Communication in Singapore: An innovation-decision process
Trisha Tsui-Chuan Lin, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Chiann Huey Ow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Shu Jing Mok, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Shu Wan Wong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Assessing the Relationship between Patients’ Ethnocentric Views and Patients’ Perceptions of Physicians’ Cultural Competence in Health Care Interactions
Rukhsana Ahmed, University of Ottawa, Canada Benjamin R. Bates, Ohio University, USA
Basic Medical English Communication
Suzy Connor, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan
News Representation of HIV/AIDS and Drugs in Taiwan: How the Harm Reduction Program Changed the IDU Profile
Mei-Ling Hsu, National Chengchi University, Taiwan Pei-Ling Hsiung, National Chengchi University, Taiwan Jo-Han Lai, National Chengchi University, Taiwan Tzu-Hsien Wu, National Chengchi University, Taiwan Sin-Yao Shih, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
1H East-West Communication
Chair: Stephen B. Ryan, Yamagata University, Japan
MOVED FROM 1D Bringing Cultural Background Knowledge to the Surface to Better Understand Cross-Cultural Conflict in Specific Contexts
Stephen B. Ryan, Yamagata University, Japan
Digital Storytelling: The Narratology of Visual Effects in Chinese-Language Films
Chan Ka Lok Sobel, Chu Hai College of Higher Education, China
MOVED TO 1H How English Idioms Stumble Chinese University Learners
Li Huijie, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
MOVED TO 1H Intercultural and Interracial Communication of the East and the West: From Kipling’s “Ballad of the East and West” to Friedman’s The World Is Flat
Guiyou Huang, St. Thomas University, USA
SESSION 2 14:30-16:00
2A English Language Teaching and Culture 1
Chair: Gaoyouhan, Ochanomizu University, Japan
Effects of oral communication courses on thinking and listening skills of Japanese learners: A case study of university students in debate and presentation classes
Hirofumi Kamada, Kyushu University, Japan
The Role of the Mother Language in English Language Teaching: Talked by the Parties of Ethnic Minority Schools in Inner Mongolia
Gaoyouhan, Ochanomizu University, Japan
An analysis of a Japanese school district’s primary and secondary EFL program Ron Martin, Rikkyo University, JapanMOVED TO 7B
English Education in Finland: Their successful strategies and methods
Satoshi Yamamoto, Kumamoto Gakuen University, Japan
2B New Ways in English Language Education
Chair: Patrick Rates, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Video and the Collaborative ESL Classroom
Patrick Rates, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Computer-and-classroom Based Multimedia College English Teaching Model
Wang Lixin, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Qiao Mengduo, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
A Study of Multidimensional Interaction in Network-based Language Teaching (NBLT)
- Liu-Xuemei, Shanghai Business School, China
Development in English of Japanese Rakugo (Sit-Down Comedy) Performers
Kimie Oshima, Bunkyo Gakuin University, Japan MOVED FROM 2H
2C Writing in ELT
Chair: Liu Li-da, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
A Study of Contrastive Rhetoric between English and Farsi as Demonstrated Through EFL Students’ Essays with Regard to Writing Ability and L2 Proficiency in the Comparison and Contrast Mode of Writing
Habib Soleimani, Islamic Azad University, Iran Abbass Eslami Rasekh, University of Isfahan, Iran
A Contrastive Study of Textual Cohesion and Coherence Problems in Chinese EFL Abstract Writing in Engineering Discourse
Liu Li-da, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Theory of Textual Patterns and Discourse Coherence in EFL Learners’ Writing
Xiukun Qi, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
2D Englishes, Linguistics and Language Choice 1
Chair: Kola Olagboyega, Akita International University, Japan
“Japanese English”: A Descriptive Grammar of the Educated Written English in Japan
Kola Olagboyega, Akita International University, Japan
Language Attitudes of East Asian English Speakers towards Each Others’ English
Mariko Kitazawa, University of Southampton, UK
A Preliminary Observation of Semantic Duplets in Thai: Their Relation to the Northern Thai Dialect
- Sorabud Rungrojsuwan, Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand
2E Media: Speech and Humor
Chair: Zhao Yuqin, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Freedom of Speech and Democracy of Speech: Meaning, Context & Problem
- Li Man, Tsinghua University, China CANCELLED
Cultural Values Reflected in Leaders’ Speeches--a comparative analysis of Hu Jintao’s speech after Sichuan earthquake and Bush’s speech after Hurricane Katrina
Cai Yi, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Zhao Yuqin, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Culture, Creativity, Censorship: Social Construction of Singapore’s Humor Industry
Trisha Tsui-Chuan Lin, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Phoebe Shu Wei Tan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Speaker-responsibility and hearer-responsibility-A comparison of the speaker’s contribution to understanding in a conversation in Japanese and Korean C
Sumi Yoon, Kanazawa University, Japan MOVED FROM 2G
2F Gender Issues in Intercultural Communication
Chair: Dienfang Chou, Tzu Chi University, Taiwan
CANCELLED The Portrayal of Young Women in Music Videos: An Exploratory Study of the Perception of Women in Rap Music Videos by Young Men in Trinidad Prahalad Sooknanan, University of Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
Marriage Practices and Intercultural Communication: the case in African Languages
Munzhedzi James Mafela, University of South Africa, South Africa
An Investigation of Females’ Reading on Homosexual Manga and Novels: A Yaoi Phenomenon in Taiwan
Dienfang Chou, Tzu Chi University, Taiwan
Marital Conflict and Cultural Adaption of Immigrant Women in Korea
Khisu Beom, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea Hye-Jin Chung, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea Eun-Jung Kim, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
2G(cancelled) Language and Culture
Chair: Sumi Yoon, Kanazawa University, Japan
Speaker-responsibility and hearer-responsibility-A comparison of the speaker’s contribution to understanding in a conversation in Japanese and Korean
Sumi Yoon, Kanazawa University, Japan GOES TO 2E
Change of Language and Development of Society
Xiao-ling Jin, Harbin Institute of Technology, China GOES TO 2B
Language Expectations from Parents and the Language Growth of Chinese Primary and Secondary School Students
- Wang Li, Jianghan University, China
MOVED TO SATURDAY A Cross-cultural Study on Face and Favor (mianzi and renqing) Yi-Hui Christine Huang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
2G Issues on Intercultural Communication
Chair: Xiaodong Dai
The Development and Validation of the Intercultural Effectiveness Scale
Tamra Portalla, University of Rhode Island, USA Guo-Ming Chen, South China University of Technology, China/University of Rhode Island, USA
Intersubjectivity and Interculturality
Xiaodong Dai, Shanghai Normal University, China
GOES TO 2B Development in English of Japanese Rakugo (Sit-Down Comedy) Performers
Kimie Oshima, Bunkyo Gakuin University, Japan
Change of Language and Development of Society
Xiao-ling Jin, Harbin Institute of Technology, China MOVED FROM OLD 2G
MOVED TO SATURDAY Cultural Avoidance and Cultural Communication in the Context of Globalization: A Comparative Study of Television Culture in East Asia Liu Chen, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
SESSION 3 16:15-17:45
3A New Media and Communication
Chair: Rukhsana Ahmed, University of Ottawa, Canada
MOVED TO 3E (Media Action in Health Literacy: A Teaching Case on Energy Drinks Advertising
Cheng-yu Lin, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, Feng Chia University, Taiwan)
CANCELLED(The Development of Cross-Cultural Health Communication Campaign Strategy to Fight HIV/AIDS and Malaria Cases in Uganda
- Wilson Okaka, Kyambogo University, Uganda)
Communicating Health in Intercultural, Cross-Cultural, and Multicultural Contexts: A Contextual Understanding of Cultural Competence in Provider-Patient Communication
Rukhsana Ahmed, University of Ottawa, Canada Benjamin R. Bates, Ohio University, USA
Adopt or Not? Differences among Users and Nonusers of Social Network Sites MOVED FROM old 3C
- Trisha Tsui-Chuan Lin, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Wendy Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Vicki Chihsuan Chiu, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Attitude and Social Influence Predicting Bloggers’ Behaviors in Thailand MOVED FROM old 3C
Vikanda Pornsakulvanich, Assumption University, Thailand Nuchada Dumrongsiri, Assumption University, Thailand
Adolescents’ Internet Use, Parental Mediation, and Family Communication Patterns MOVED FROM old 3C
- Bonnie Peng, Cheng-Chi University, Taiwan
3B Culture and Identity 1
Chair: Cecilia Ikeguchi, Tsukuba Gakuin University, Japan
CANCELLED God’s call to Abraham: intercultural identity formation and the concept of ‘boundary' Alan J.E. Wolf, University of Sheffield, U.K.
Cultural Identity and Bilingualism: A Mistaken Paradigm
Cecilia Ikeguchi, Tsukuba Gakuin University, Japan
Harmonious and Syncretic Culture and the Building and Communication of China’s State Image
Er-Chun Chen, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, China
Thirty Years of the Study of Chinese Values in China： A Preliminary Review
Han Guang, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
3C(old, cancelled) Youth and the New Media ALL GOES TO 3A
Chair: Trisha Tsui-Chuan Lin, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Adopt or Not? Differences among Users and Nonusers of Social Network Sites
- Trisha Tsui-Chuan Lin, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Wendy Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Vicki Chihsuan Chiu, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Attitude and Social Influence Predicting Bloggers’ Behaviors in Thailand
Vikanda Pornsakulvanich, Assumption University, Thailand Nuchada Dumrongsiri, Assumption University, Thailand
Adolescents’ Internet Use, Parental Mediation, and Family Communication Patterns
- Bonnie Peng, Cheng-Chi University, Taiwan
3C Communication and International Students
Chair: Hiroko Miyake, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
Critiquing Communication Challenges: A case of intercultural communication barriers between Zulu and Chinese students at selected higher education institutions in Durban, South Africa
Renitha Rampersad, Durban University of Technology, South Africa Prenitha Singh, Durban University of Technology, South Africa Mia Zheng, Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Cross-cultural Adaptation among International Students: Differences and Similarities
Wenli Yuan, Kean University, USA
Analysis of Intercultural Sensitivity Between Chinese and International Students
An Ran, South China University of Technology, China
3D Literature and Culture 1
Chair: Hsiao-Yung Wang, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Developing the Malay Children's Literary Resources
Chew Fong Peng, University of Malaya, Malaysia Mahzan Arshad, University of Malaya, Malaysia Zahari Ishak, University of Malaya, Malaysia Loh Sau Cheong, University of Malaya, Malaysia Teh Ying Wah, University of Malaya, Malaysia
CANCELLED(Discourse Models in Passion Plays: A Comparison of Tragedies in English and ta'ziya in Persian
Mohammad Reza Talebinejad, Islamic Azad University, Iran)
Erotic Writing as Political Consciousness: A Taiwan Case Study
Hsiao-Yung Wang, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
MOVED FROM 8D A Postcolonial Interpretation of Cultural Identity in Half a Life by V. S. Naipaul
Li Xue, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Zhang Yang, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
3E Advertising and Visual Media
Chair: Tao Yang, Nagoya University, Japan
CANCELLED(A Semiotic Study on Illustrated Print Advertisements of Coca-Cola in China
- Jiang Chun, University of International Business & Economics, China)
Cross-Cultural Communication in Cosmopolitan City: Focusing on the Print Advertisements of Shanghai Telephone Company in 1930s
Tao Yang, Nagoya University, Japan
Street signs as testimonial of a language cross–cultural adaptation in Macao
Denise Pacheco, University of Macau, China
Purchase Intentions as a Function of Culture: Examining the Effects of Visual Information on Young Chinese Consumers
Angela W.Y. Chang, University of Macau, China
Sign Values and Brand Glocalization: The Construction of “Something” in Taiwanese Coffee and Tea Brands Advertising
Huey-Rong Chen, Culture University, Taiwan
Media Action in Health Literacy: A Teaching Case on Energy Drinks Advertising
Cheng-yu Lin, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, Feng Chia University, Taiwan MOVED from 3A
3F Culture in Education
Chair: Susan Meiki, Hiroshima University, Japan
Topic Based Syllabus for a Japanese University Cross Culture Communication Course
Susan Meiki, Hiroshima University, Japan
CANCELLED The Intercultural Factors in EFL Teaching Wang Yang, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Chi Yuan Harbin Engineering University, China
Toward an Integrated Approach to Learning a Foreign Language and Culture: A Literature Review
Xiaoyan Li, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Katsuhiro Umemoto, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
The Causes and Effects of the ‘Cultural Divide’: An Exploratory Study of the Teaching and Learning of International Postgraduate Students at an Australian University
Niranjala (Nina) Weerakkody, Deakin University, Australia
3H PANEL: Differences in Conversational Styles between Japanese and North American Speakers: Formal and Informal Styles, Participation Organization and Topic Development
Chair: Sanae Tsuda, Tokai Gakuen University, Japan Panelists:
Formal and Informal Styles and Uses of Sentence Final Particles in Japanese
Sanae Tsuda, Tokai Gakuen University, Japan
Participation organization
Yuka Shigemitsu, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Japan
Topic Development and Topic Shift in Japanese and North American English Conversation
Yuko Iwata, Tokai University, Japan
Saturday
SESSION 4 9:00-10:30
4A Culture and Identity
Chair: Margaret D'Silva, University of Louisville, USA
Comparative Study on Media Performance and Content Diversity between Mainland China and Taiwan
Kirsten Y.C. Huang, Shih-Hsin University, Taiwan
CANCELLED(A Construction of New Economic Identity: The Quemoy Model
- Jian-Feng Wei, National Kinmen Institute of Technology, Taiwan)
Religious Violence and Community Building in a Globalizing India
Margaret D’Silva, University of Louisville, USA
MOVED TO 9D At the Edge of Language and Certitude: The Construction of Cultural Identity within the Context of Globalization John Foster, Kagoshima University, Japan
CANCELLED A Cross-cultural Study on Face and Favor (mianzi and renqing) Yi-Hui Christine Huang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Relational Interdependent Self-Construal, Imagined Interactions and Conversational Constraints among Vietnamese Americans
Dominique M. Gendrin, Xavier University of Louisiana, USA
4B Language and the Internet
Chair: Barry Kavanagh, Tohoku University, Japan
MOVED TO 4F Comparing the Application of Emoticons in English, Japanese and Chinese Language Background in Cyber Communication
So-Jeng Hung, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan Yen-Ling Chen, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
International Communication: The influence of Online English News on Chinese Language
Li-Zhu Jiang, Capital University of Economics and Business, China
A Cultural and Linguistic Analysis of Japanese and English Online Communication: The language of weblogs
Barry Kavanagh, Tohoku University, Japan
Science information and risk communication on the Web: A content analysis of global warming issue in Taiwan
Yie-Jing Yang, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan Mei-Ling Hsu, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
4C Media: News and Press
Chair:Mao Sihui, Macao Polytechnic Institute, China
The Aborigines Culture of the Travel Reporters: the Representation, Imagination and Gaze
Szu-Yin Yeh, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan
A Cross-cultural Study on Ideological Deviation in Media News Discourse
Wu Yanli, Shenzhen University, China Pan Xiaohui, Shenzhen University, China
"State of Fear" as Constructed by Media: The Discourse of H 1 N 1 Flu News in Taiwan
Jenny Jing-Ling Lin, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
Human Conditions and Reality Media Construct
Aurel Papari, “Andrei Saguna” University, Romania Andra Seceleanu, “Andrei Saguna” University, Romania
4D Englishes, Linguistics and Language Choice
Chair: Zuraidah Zaaba, Japan Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, Japan
Teaching Global English to EFL Classes
Lindsay Mack, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan
Teaching Science and Technology in English: Language-in-Education Policy in Malaysia
Zuraidah Zaaba, Japan Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, Japan Katsuhiro Umemoto, Japan Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, Japan
Raising Accent Awareness: A Discourse Approach to Teaching Phonetics
Joanna Radwanska-Williams, Macao Polytechnic Institute, China
Negative Markers in Northern Thai Dialect
Sorabud Rungrojsuwan, Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand
4E Media in Culture and Education
Chair: Sedigheh Babran, Islamic Azad University, Iran
The Embodiment of Interaction with Digital Media: The Case of WII
Wei-wen Chung, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
CANCELLED Challenging the Cultural Limits: Media in the Everyday Life of the Poor Hakan Ergul, Anadolu University, Turkey İncilay Cangoz, Anadolu University, Turkey Emre Gokalp, Anadolu University, Turkey
NOTE TITLE CHANGE A Survey on the Degree of Observing Media Ethics Principles in Iran TV News Section
Sedigheh Babran, Islamic Azad University, Iran Ashraf Ahadzadeh, Malaysian University, Iran
Media Literacy in Taiwan: A Case Study of Media Use Behavior on Taiwan’s Elementary School Students
An-kuo Chiang, Fo Guang University, Taiwan
4F Nonverbal Communication
Chair: Mengyu Li, Ocean University of China, China
Nonverbal Communication: Its Implications Within the New South African Context
Phalandwa A. Mulaudzi, University of South Africa, South Africa
A Comparative Study on the Perceptions and Usages of Silence in Chinese and American Culture
Mengyu Li, Ocean University of China, China
Advances in Nonverbal Communication: Comparative Chronemics Tom Bruneau, Radford University, USA
MOVED FROM 4C Comparing the Application of Emoticons in English, Japanese and Chinese Language Background in Cyber Communication
So-Jeng Hung, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan Yen-Ling Chen, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
4G Culture in Education
Chair: Brian Mc Millan, Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University, Japan
English Mainly: Language Choice in Learner-Learner Discourse
Brian Mc Millan, Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University, Japan Damian J. Rivers, Kanda University of International Studies, Japan Disjuncture in the Educational Mode of the New-Established Four-year College in Shanghai, China: A Case Study of the English Department in One College Sha Yang, Shanghai Business School, China
Designing Cross-cultural Communication Projects for University Students Jack Barrow, Osaka International University, Japan
Experiencing Feedback Through Peer Observation
Christopher Stillwell, Kanda University of International Studies, Japan
4H PANEL: Rethinking Nation and Difference
Chair: Mónica Cejas, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico Panelists:
Temporality, difference and imaginaries of nation: seminal reflections
Mario Rufer, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana–Xochimilco, Mexico
New names for dynamic identities
Sarah Corona Berkin, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
Rock, Race and National Identity
Ma. Del Carmen de la Peza, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico
Social Movements and the construction of indigenous identity as a political strategy
Guiomar Rovira Sancho, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico
Exploring Nation through Reality Tours: Between Postmodern Voyeurism and Educational Adventure
Mónica Cejas, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico
SESSION 5 14:30-16:00
5A Culture and Media
Chair: W. Wayne Fu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
A Comparative Study of Cultural Awareness in Western and Chinese Fantasy Films
- Hongshan Zhao, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Shuang Sun, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Global Box Office Consumption of Hollywood Films: Explaining Inter-country Similarities in Movie Selection
W. Wayne Fu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Achikannoo Govindaraju, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
MOVED TO 1H Digital Storytelling: The Narratology of Visual Effects in Chinese-Language FilChan Ka Lok Sobel, Chu Hai College of Higher Education, China
Ang Lee’s Homoerotic Love: Transcultural Negotiation and Regeneration
E-chou Wu, Providence University, Taiwan
MOVED FROM old 5C How Cultural Values Shape Employee Behaviors: Comparisons of Taiwanese and U.S. Employees' Truth-telling
I-Han Hsu, University of Northern Iowa, USA Laura Terlip, University of Northern Iowa, USA
Social Construction of Apology: Japanese Corporate Apologies in Newspaper Advertisements
Toru Kiyomiya, Seinan Gakuin University, Japan
5B Culture and the Olympics
Chair: Zhao Hui, Kumamoto Gakuen University, Japan
Analysis of Cross-cultural Visual Communication Strategy: A Case Study of the 2008 Olympic *International Campaign Logo Design
Mei-Chiung Chi, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan So-Jeng Hung, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan Yen-Ling Chen, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
A study of English environment changes up to The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Zhao Hui, Kumamoto Gakuen University, Japan
The Origin of the Olympic Games’ Opening and Closing Ceremonies: Artistic and Communication Perspectives
Wichian Lattipongpun, Macquarie University, Australia
5C(old, cancelled) Organizational Culture
Chair: Toru Kiyomiya, Seinan Gakuin University, Japan
Transformational and Paternalistic Leaderships in Chinese Organizations: Construct, Predicative and Ecological Validities Compared
Vivian C Sheer, Hong Kong Baptist University, China
How Cultural Values Shape Employee Behaviors: Comparisons of Taiwanese and U.S. Employees' Truth-telling
I-Han Hsu, University of Northern Iowa, USA Laura Terlip, University of Northern Iowa, USA
Social Construction of Apology: Japanese Corporate Apologies in Newspaper Advertisements
Toru Kiyomiya, Seinan Gakuin University, Japan
5C Pragmatics and Politeness in Cultural Context
Chair: Mami Otani, Kyoto Women's University, Japan
CANCELLED Long speech events as a cultural feature of the Persian language Shahla Sharifi, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
ADDED
A Study of Pragmatic Failure in Intercultural Communication from Cognitive Schema
Jiang-Yu Feng, Harbin University of Science and Technology Teng Lin, Harbin University of Science and Technology
A Contrastive Study of Apology Discourse Organization in Japanese and American English
Mami Otani, Kyoto Women’s University, Japan
Routine formulas- A Contrastive Analysis of Japanese and German
Yoshinori Nishijima, Kanazawa University, Japan
MOVED FROM old 5C Transformational and Paternalistic Leaderships in Chinese Organizations: Construct, Predicative and Ecological Validities Compared
Vivian C Sheer, Hong Kong Baptist University, China
5D Culture and Rhetoric
Chair:Yingqin Liu, Cameron University, USA--> Sayenko Tetyana
Arab Chironomia in a Global Context
Daniel R. Fredrick, The American University of Sharjah, UAE
CANCELLED The Dynamic Nature of Intercultural Communication and Rhetoric: An Empirical Approach Yingqin Liu, Cameron University, USA
The Interpretations of Rhetoric Expressions Based on Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
Jiin-Chyuan Mark Lai, Transworld Institute of Technology, Taiwan
On the Rhetorical Construction of National Values: Cross-Cultural Study
Sayenko Tetyana, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Japan
5E Study-abroad Programs
Chair: Lisa Rogers, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Japan
Attaining Intercultural Competence: A phenomenographic study of a cultural immersion study abroad programme
Leo Hitchcock, AUT University, New Zealand
Effectiveness of Pre-departure College Courses in Overcoming Culture Shock in a Japanese College Program
Lisa Rogers, Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts, Japan
On the Overseas Youth Volunteers of China: A Research Based on Confucius Institute and AIESEC
Nan-Yi Bi, Peking University, China
Possible selves analysis of Japanese university study abroad students
Ron Martin, Rikkyo University, Japan Jacob Schnickel, Rikkyo University, Japan Yuka Maruyama, Toyo Eiwa University, Japan
5F Culture and English Language Teaching
Chair: Saeun Lee, Kumamoto Gakuen University, Japan
Correlation between Self-Determination Theory and Language Learning Strategies for EFL students: comparing Korea and Japan
Saeun Lee, Kumamoto Gakuen University, Japan
CANCELLED(A Case Study of the Characteristics of Teacher Talk in the Classroom Interaction
- Yong Zhao, Northeast Forestry University, China)
Words in Mind: Exploring the relationship between word association and lexical development
Peter Roux, Tamana City Board of Education, Japan
Learning English through Conflict Resolution
Christopher Stillwell, Kanda University of International Studies, Japan
5H PANEL Meaning, Culture, and Communication Study
Chair: Guo-Ming Chen, South China University of Technology, China/University of Rhode Island, USA Panelists:
An Alternative Way for Intercultural Communication Study
Yaly Chao, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Meanings, Space of Images, and Xystemic Structures of Communications
Victor Lux Tonn, Salve Regina University, USA
Yijing: The Book of Narratives on Change
Xiaosui Xiao, Hong Kong Baptist University, China
Ritual Hermeneutics as an Alternative towards the Source of Meanings
Zongjie Wu, Zhejiang University, China Meixin Hu, Zhejiang University, China Hua Yu, Zhejiang University, China
SESSION 3 16:15-17:45
6A Culture in
Chair: Natalia Teplova, Concordia University, Canada
CANCELLED(A Comparative Study of English and Chinese Proverbs and Translation Approaches
- Shuang Sun, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Hongshan Zhao, Harbin Institute of Technology, China)
The “Age of Translation”: Then and Now
Natalia Teplova, Concordia University, Canada
Approaches to Translation Theories: Dichotomously or Holistically?
Zi-yu Lin, Macao Polytechnic Institute, China
CANCELLED Translation in Cultural and Creative Industries: Its Definition, Position and Criteria of Assessment Jianhua Yang, Beijing Normal University, China
CANCELLED(The role of “culture” in cross-cultural miscommunications
- Ying Liu, Ohio State University, USA)
MOVED TO 6F ‘Criticality’ and ‘Reflection’: An empirical study of Japanese language courses at a British university Etsuko Yamada, Sophia University, Japan
6B Youth Culture and Identity
Chair: Liu Changyuan, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Re-identification of Chinese Youth in the Era of Globalization: Individualism and Chinese Youth
Liu Changyuan, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
CANCELLED(Changes of Chinese youth’s pop-culture and values in the 30 years since the reform and opening of China
- Yuan Xiao, Nanjing University, China Liu Hongying, Nanjing University of Finance, China)
Global Diffusion, Local Consumption: The Penetration and Reception of Imported Reality TV in Taiwan
Chun-Fu Chen, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
Hamlet’s Chinese and Tibetan Cousins: A Comparative Semiotic Study of Feng Xiaogang’s The Banquet and Sherwood Hu’s Prince of the Himalayas
Mao Sihui, Macao Polytechnic Institute, China
CANCELLED 6C Communication Skills and Strategies
Chair: Andre Corredoura, New University of Lisbon, Portugal
Writing about Cross-Cultural Encounters: Anxiety, Representation, and Responsibility
Jonathan Benda, Tunghai University, Taiwan
CANCELLED (The role of “culture” in cross-cultural miscommunications
- Ying Liu, Ohio State University, USA)
Strategic Communication: An Organizational Approach and Policy
Andre Corredoura, New University of Lisbon, Portugal Joel H. Ferriera, New University of Lisbon, Portugal
MOVED TO 6F ‘Criticality’ and ‘Reflection’: An empirical study of Japanese language courses at a British university Etsuko Yamada, Sophia University, Japan
6C Conflict and Crisis Management
Chair: Tina Ottman, Kyoto University, Japan
MOVED TO 6B Governmental Strategic Communications and Crisis Management: A Comparative Study between China and the United States Xiaohui Pan, Shenzhen University, China You Zha, Shenzhen University, China
The Role of Culture in a Conflict in A Japanese Academic Organization
Tina Ottman, Kyoto University, Japan Lisa Rogers, Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts, Japan
Conflict Management Styles of Parents and Communication Satisfaction of their Children in the Korean Family
Khisu Beom, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea Eun-Jung Kim, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea Hye-Jin Chung, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
Governmental Strategic Communications and Crisis Management: A Comparative Study between China and the United States
Xiaohui Pan, Shenzhen University, China You Zha, Shenzhen University, China
CANCELLED Intercultural Conflict Management Styles and Perceived Difficulties of Socio-Cultural Adaptation for Korean Immigrant Young Adults in the USA Khisu Beom, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
6D Culture and Language
Chair: Shirley Liang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
CANCELLED(Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
- Zhang Xuejin, Heilongjiang Institute of Science and Technology, China)
Power and Language Strategies in Chinese Mediation: Discourse Analysis on Mediation Sessions,
Yiheng Deng, Southwestern University of Economics and Finance, China?
Linguistic evidence on interdependent-self cultivation: The case of Taiwan
Shirley Liang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Cultural Avoidance and Cultural Communication in the Context of Globalization: A Comparative Study of Television Culture in East Asia
Liu Chen Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
6E Culture in Education
Chair: Etsuko Yamada, Sophia University, Japan
Higher Education and Multicultural Features Yuan Chi, Harbin Engineering University, China Wang Yang, Harbin Institute of Technology, ChinaCANCELLED??
MOVED FROM 6C ‘Criticality’ and ‘Reflection’: An empirical study of Japanese language courses at a British university
Etsuko Yamada, Sophia University, Japan
(CHANGED ORDER WITH NEXT PRESENTATION) Negotiating Cross-Cultural Learning in Liberal Arts Education in Harbin Institute of Technology
Liu Xiaodan, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Narrative and Performative Acts in Cultural Education: The Teaching of Writing as Critical Communication Yuen-fun Muriel Law, Lingnan University, China Ching-kiu Stephen Chan, Lingnan University, China
What’s Cultural about Heroes? A Comparative Study of College Students’ Free Writings Ruobing Chi, Shanghai International Studies University, China Ying Wang, Shanghai International Studies University, China
6F Globalization and the Internet
Chair: Fujimi Tanaka, Toyo Eiwa University, Japan
A Preliminary Analysis：The Business Model of Online Music Websites with Creative Commons Licenses
Chia-Jung Yang, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Digital Citizen Media Network: An Open Source System Development Perspective
August F.Y. Chao, Chengchi University, Taiwan Vicky C.H. Huang, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Self-identity and Pleasure of Online Shopping: A Case Study of Consumers Who Purchase Japanese Commodities in Taiwan
Yu-Pei Chang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Po-Fen Lu, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
6H PANEL: Communication with Chinese Characteristics: New Development in a Globalized Context
Chair: Wenxiang Gong, Peking University, China Panelists:
The Image of China and Media Events Online: The Case of Beijing Olympic Games
Wenxiang Gong, Peking University, China
Zhang Yimou: A Cultural Symbol in a Transitional Chinese Context
Jijun Ran, Peking University, China
An Analysis of the Cause of the Shan Zhai 山寨 (mocking) Phenomenon
Jia Guo, Peking University, China Chunying Yue, Peking University, China
How Could the Foreign TV Programs Be successfully Cloned in China
Chunying Yue，Peking University, China
Companies’ Role in China’s Internet censorship system: The Corporatism Perspective
Zhengzheng He, Peking University, China Shiqi Fu, Peking University, China
Media Discourse and Online Public Sphere - A Comparative Study of Qiangguo and Tianya Forums During the Beijing Olympics
Jijun Ran, Peking University, China Fangfang Ji, Peking University, China
Sunday
SESSION 7 9:00-10:30
7A Education Across Cultures
Chair: Damian J. Rivers, Kanda University of International Studies, Japan
Japanese Students’ Perception of Western Instructors
Yasuko Akahoshi, Aichi Shukutoku University, Japan Edwin R. Mc Daniel, San Diego State University, USA
The motivational factors which shape intended L2 learning efforts
Damian J. Rivers, Kanda University of International Studies, Japan
Classroom “shock”: A case study of teacher-student interactions in a Chinese heritage language classroom
Chang Pu, Berry College, USA Li Xiaoshi, Michigan State University, USA
CANCELLED How you doing, mate? New Zealand students forming friendships with international studentsFranco Vaccarino, Massey University, New Zealand Emma Dresler-Hawke, Massey University, New Zealand
7B English Language Education across Cultures
Chair: Kate Parkinson, Fukuoka University, Japan
Eliminating the Effect of Fossilization on Adult Learners’ Oral Communication
Xiao-yu Hou, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Xiao-ling Jin, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
An Exploration of the Perceptions of Teachers and Students in Streamed and Non-Streamed Classes
Brian Mc Millan, Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University, Japan Paul Joyce, Kinki University, Japan
Low Context Teaching in High Context Cultures
Kate Parkinson, Fukuoka University, Japan
7C Writing in English Language Education
Chair: Rachael Ruegg, Kanda University of International Studies, Japan
Interpreting and Intercultural Communication Aspects of a Haiku-in-English Competition
Howard Doyle, Kochi University, Japan Kyoko Koga, Kochi University, Japan
Cultural Factors in the Rhetorical Choices of University Students from English-Dominant Caribbean Nations
William Carney, Cameron University, USA
CANCELLED(The Effect of Cultural expectations on Teacher’s Written Feedback: A Study of ESL Student Writers at Tertiary Level
- Raashid Nehal, Aligarh Muslim University, India)
The effect of unfocussed feedback on the development of interlanguage in writing
Rachael Ruegg, Kanda University of International Studies, Japan
7D Englishes, Linguistics and Language Choice
Chair: Yoshiyuki Okaura, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Co-Evolution of a Globally Shared Language and Cross-Cultural Communication
Jonathan B. Britten, Nakamura University, Japan
Comparative Study of Motion Verbs in Standard Thai and Northern Thai Dialect
Rungwimol Rungrojsuwan, Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand
Including Non-standard Varieties of English in the Language Classroom
Hadija Drummond, Momoyama Gakuin University, Japan Katherine Song, Hiroshima University, Japan
Characteristic grammatical constructions and usages in 50-word essays by L2 Japanese senior and junior high school students
Yoshiyuki Okaura, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
7E Media and Culture
Chair: Steve Silver--> Ana Horta, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
CANCELLED Japanese College Students’ Perceptions of Women and Sexually Permissive Attitudes: Exploring the Effects of Gender, Sexual Preoccupancy, and Exposure to Sexually Explicit Material in the Media Kikuko Taguchi, University of Kansas, USA Yan Bing Zhang, University of Kansas, USA Hiroshi Ota, Aichi Shukutoku University, Japan Makiko Imamura, University of Kansas, USA
CANCELLED Yaoi Literature and the Construction of Cyberfeminism in China: An Ethnographic Study Chang Jiang, Tsinghua University, China
CANCELLED(Violence Against Women in Selected Nigerian Video Films
- Chioma L. Enwerem, Imo State University, Nigeria)
‘Charisma Man’: The discourses of desire and Western men in Japan
Steve Silver, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan Roslyn Appleby, University of Technology, Australia
The Portuguese and the Europeans: at the mirror of the media
Ana Horta, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal MOVED from 7G
7F Culture and Ethnicity
Chair: Zhang Shengyong, Dezhou Univeristy, Shanghai International Studies University, China
CANCELLED Ethnocentrism of Future Primary School TeachersDanijela Petrović, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Intercultural communication studies: Issues and dialectics
Ling Chen, Hong Kong Baptist University, China
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) and Its Influence on Sino-US Relations
Zhang Shengyong, Dezhou University, Shanghai International Studies University, China
Comparison of Polite Behavior in Everyday Communication in Japanese and Chinese
Tao Lin, Kanazawa University, Japan
7G(old, cancelled) Media: News and Press
Chair:
CANCELLED(Fear Appeals and the Global Warming News: Examining the Use of Threats and Response Efficacy in Taiwan’s News Content
- Shu-Chu Sarrina Li, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
CANCELLED(Anticipated Guilt as a Mechanism of Influence: Media Representations of Global Warming in Taiwan
Lin-Mei Huang, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan)
CANCELLED(New Nations/States in the Balkans – the Consequence of Conflicts in Communication or the Residue of Dire Roles of Media
- Igor Rasula, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
MOVED TO 7E (The Portuguese and the Europeans: at the mirror of the media
Ana Horta, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
7H PANEL: Addressing Stereotypes through Education
Chair: Song Li, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Panelists:
The potential problems caused by stereotypes upon communication
Yumiko Furumura, Kyushu University, Japan
Teaching Ethnic Stereotypes to Tackle in ICC
Maria Lebedko, Far Eastern National University, Russia
Managing Stereotypes through Experiential Learning
Stephanie Houghton, University of Kitakyushu, Japan
Cultural stereotypes: From threats to promises through foreign language education
Song Li, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Fu Li, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
SESSION 8 13:20-14:50
8A Culture across Languages
Chair: Richard Gilbert, Kumamoto University, Japan
CANCELLED(The Study on Translator’s Subjectivity from the Perspective of Philosophical Hermeneutics
- Zhang Jing, Northeast Forestry University, China)
Babel of Angels and Demons: The Significance of Creative Misinterpretation in Cross-cultural English-Haiku Studies
Richard Gilbert, Kumamoto University, Japan
The Analysis of Translated Language and Better Intercultural Communication
Kenji Ikeda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
The Nakama Relationship in Japanese Society
- Charles Mc Hugh, Setsunan University, Japan
Koji Uenishi, Setsunan University, Japan Liping Li, Ritsumeikan University, Japan MOVED FROM 8A
8B(old, cancelled) Culture and Identity
Chair: Pei-ling Lee, Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages, Taiwan
CANCELLED Biracial Challenge to a Homogeneous Country and Intercultural Communication Competency Jungmi Jun, George Mason University, USA
CANCELLED(Phenomenon of Habitat Dependence (POHD) Community in China: Marginalized Identity in Transition
- Kai Zhang, University of Rhode Island, USA)
An Analysis of the Media Frames of Hakka Magazine: 1990-2007
Meihua Lee, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
MOVED TO 8A The Nakama Relationship in Japanese Society
- Charles Mc Hugh, Setsunan University, Japan
Koji Uenishi, Setsunan University, Japan Liping Li, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
8B Education and the Internet
Chair: Fang-Yuan Wang, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
Media-mediated learning activities: Emergent practices in online gaming
Huang Lingyi, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
A Survey and Analysis of Internet Assisted College English Teaching in Harbin Institute of Technology
Hou Xiaoyu, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Wang Lixin, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
The Effects of Blogging on Media Literacy Education—Exploring the Research on Electronic Theses in Taiwan
Tzong-Sheng Deng, Naitonal Chengchi University, Taiwan
Addiction to the Internet and Psychosocial Well-being among University Students in China
Fang-Yuan Wang, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan Yuko Shibahashi, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
8C Culture in Text and Literature
Chair: Chin-Chin Chiang, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan
The Representation of World War II: A Comparison of Japanese and American Textbook Discourse
Erica J. Hashiba, Macao Polytechnic Institute, China
CANCELLED(Chinese Internet Fantasy Fiction: Cross Cultural Integration
- Xinkai Huang, Southwest Jiaotong University, China)
MOVED TO 3E A Postcolonial Interpretation of Cultural Identity in Half a Life by V. S. Naipaul Li Xue, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Zhang Yang, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Intertextuality in global warming discourse in Taiwan
Chin-Chih Chiang, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan
MOVED FROM old 8D Stereotypes on Minorities in Romanian Press: Between ethics, editorial policy and justice--the case of President Traian Băsescu
Andra Seceleanu, “Andrei Saguna” University, Romania
A Study on the Role of Local and Ethnic Press in Azerbaijan Province of Iran in Developing National Convergence and Integrity
Sedigheh Babran, Islamic Azad University, Iran Maryam Tarzami, Islamic Azad University, Iran
8D(old, cancelled) Media: News and Press
Chair: Rosa Berganza, University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
CANCELLED(Media Culture across Countries: The case of Spain
- Rosa Berganza, University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)
Stereotypes on Minorities in Romanian Press: Between ethics, editorial policy and justice--the case of President Traian Băsescu
Andra Seceleanu, “Andrei Saguna” University, Romania
The Aborigine Culture of the Travel Reporters: the Representation, Imagination and Gaze Yang Ling, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, ChinaCANCELLED
A Study on the Role of Local and Ethnic Press in Azerbaijan Province of Iran in Developing National Convergence and Integrity
Sedigheh Babran, Islamic Azad University, Iran Maryam Tarzami, Islamic Azad University, Iran
8E Bridges in the Classroom
Chair: Ron Martin, Rikkyo University, Japan
CANCELLED MOVED FROM 1F Linguaculture: Uniting language and culture through literacy Stephen Mackerras, Griffith University, Australia
TENT MOVED FROM 2A and 7B An analysis of a Japanese school district’s primary and secondary EFL program
Ron Martin, Rikkyo University, Japan
TENT MOVED FROM 7B Action Research: Building a bridge in the foreign language classroom
Stella Millikan, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan
International Students' Perception towards the Content of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Website MOVED FROM 8C Megat Al-Imran Bin Yasin, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Somayeh Mortazavi Ganji Ketab, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
8H PANEL: Mapping Out Critical Intercultural Communication Studies: Junctures, Possibilities, Insights, and Alliances Chair: Rona T. Halualani The Past and the Critical Intercultural Communication Project Thomas K. Nakayama, Northeastern University, USA A Critical Genealogy of Critical Intercultural Communication Studies Rona T. Halualani, San Jose State University, USA Color Neutrality, Postracism, and the Utopian Racial Film Narrative Kent A. Ono, University of Illinois, USA Rhetorical Alliances and Absences: The Interplay of Race, Gender, and Nation Lisa A. Flores, University of Colorado, USA
SESSION 9 14:55-16:25
9A Culture and Globalization
Chair: Jia Yuxin, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Global Inequality—Environmental vs. Racialized Views: A Sociolinguistic Analysis
Ray T. Donahue, Nagoya Gakuin University, Japan
Creativity and Entrepreneurial Behavior
Mahbub Uddin, Trinity University, USA L. Brooks Hill, Trinity University, USA
Dialectic Perspective on Globalization and Intercultural Dialogues
Jia Yuxin, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
9B Culture and Identity
Chair: John Foster, Kagoshima University, Japan
CANCELLED Diasporic Identities, Globalization, and Intercultural Communication: Identity Patterns and Implications Rona T. Halualani, San Jose State University, USA
From Discord to Harmony?: A Textual Analysis of Political Theme Songs in Contemporary Taiwan
Pei-Ling Lee, Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages, Taiwan
The conception of ‘polylogue’ and the question of ‘intercultural’ identity
Hsueh-i Chen, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
CANCELLED(Cannot Let It Go: The Identity Maintenance of Repatriates
- Xuejiao Fan, Boston College, USA)
At the Edge of Language and Certitude: The Construction of Cultural Identity within the Context of Globalization
John Foster, Kagoshima University, Japan
9C Communication and International Students
Chair: Wang Song, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
The Voice of Japanese International Students
Miho Kanda, Recruit HR Marketing, Japan Ee Lin Lee, Western Washington University, USA
Intercultural Communication Concerns: Interactions between Chinese Graduate Students and American Advisors in Educational Contexts
Wang Song, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Intersection between Culture and Leadership: An analysis of the Chinese students’ leadership assumption in a non-Chinese group
Wenbo Liang, Shanghai International Studies University, China
9D Culture in Literature
Chair: Lyubov A. Kuryleva, Far Eastern National Technical University, Russia
CANCELLED(Chinese School of Comparative Literature: 30 Years of Development, 1978-2000
- Shunqing Cao, Beijing Normal University, China Lei Wang, Anshan Normal University, China)
Literary Texts by H. Murakami in Terms of Intercultural Communication
Lyubov A. Kuryleva, Far Eastern National Technical University, Russia Svetlana A. Boeva, Far Eastern National Technical University, Russia
MOVED TO 1E Intercultural and Interracial Communication of the East and the West: From Kipling’s “Ballad of the East and West” to Friedman’s The World Is Flat
Guiyou Huang, St. Thomas University, USA
A Study on Grammatical Metaphor in Catch-22 by Case Study Method
Jia-Ying Hu, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin China
9E Culture on Television
Chair:
The Assimilation of Asian Culture: The Case of Asianovelas on Philippine Television
Florinda de Fiesta-Mateo, University of the Philippines, Philippines
CANCELLED(History, Development and Analytical Models of Chinese Television
*Hong Zhang, London School of Economics, UK)
A Multimodal approach to the genre of TV news broadcasting
Li-ying Wu, Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages, Taiwan
The Synergy of Idol Drama Format in Asian market: Taking Taiwan Idol Drama as an Example
Yi-Hsiang Chen, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan
9H SPECIAL JAFAE/IAICS JOINT PANEL: Recognizing and Responding to International Linguistic Environments
Chair: Yuko Takeshita, Moderator, Toyo Eiwa University, Japan Panelists:
Conceptualizing International Language Management and International Language Management Specialists in Japan
Nobuyuki Honna, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
Developing a Training Program for International Language Management Specialists
Junko Saruhashi, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
English Language Teaching In-House
Chie Saito, International University of Health and Welfare, Japan
English as a Company Language in Japan
Ayako Shibata, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
Corporate-Level Responses Toward the Linguistic Needs in Japan
Akiko Matsumoto, Daito Bunka University, Japan
Looking at Kumamoto Castle from an International Language Management Point of View
Judy Yoneoka, Kumamoto Gakuen University, Japan