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Mass Media and Chinese ESL Students Abroad: Adopting Host
Communication and Culture investigates Chinese ESL students' use of
host mass media and how such use enables them to acquire host
communication competence and acculturation from their perspective.
This qualitative study is grounded in Kim's theory of communication
and cross-cultural adaptation and the uses and gratifications
theory and employs a phenomenography approach. Nine participants at
a university in Ontario were involved in this study. Data obtained
from media use logs, think-aloud protocols, and follow-up
interviews provide a far-reaching and detailed description of the
uses, reasoning, and effects of using host mass media for the
participants. This book illustrates that these students used a
variety of media as sources of information, language acquisition,
culture learning, entertainment, and communication. Findings
suggest that host mass media were the major influence on these
students' acquisition of host communication competence and
perceptions of and acculturation to Canada. Their reliance on mass
communication went into the later years of their acculturation
process and complemented their language and culture learning, which
was somewhat limited through insufficient or reluctant
participation in host interpersonal communication. Host
communication competence was a primary factor that influenced their
selection and use of host mass media, but it was not the only
decisive factor relevant to their degree of acculturation.
Individual characteristics and the social and cultural environment
in Canada were also found to have significant impact on their
acculturation process and outcomes. These findings can assist
colleges and universities in designing effective programs based on
these students' needs and characteristics, thus enabling them to
achieve their academic and professional goals.
Writing a critical literature review is sometimes the greatest
difficulty encountered by graduate students in the process of
writing graduate theses or dissertations. Based on analysis of
writing samples and in-depth interview data, this study
investigated five Chinese graduate students' experiences with
writing a literature review at a medium-sized university in Canada.
These students, from five subject areas, held different perceptions
of a literature review, and saw the writing challenges they
encountered mainly as linguistic problems, especially regarding
vocabulary and accuracy at the sentence level. The strategies they
used in the composing process were diverse, with different
individuals relying on them to different degrees. Findings from
this study suggest that Chinese graduate students need assistance
to adjust to the new academic environment and writing genre
expectations. This book will help faculty members to better
understand ESL graduate students' struggle with writing a
literature review in English for academic purposes, and might also
assist universities in designing suitable language courses based on
ESL students' needs.
China's Financial System: Growth and Risks provides an updated and
comprehensive review of China's financial system and compares it
with financial systems in other countries. It reviews what has
worked and what has not within the markets and intermediaries in
China, and further considers the effects of the recent development
of China's financial system on the real economy. It also examines a
non-standard financial sector, which operates beyond the markets
and banking sectors and consists of alternative financing channels,
governance mechanisms, and institutions. Finally, the authors
provide prospects for future research on several unresolved issues
including how China's financial system can integrate into the
world's markets and economy without being interrupted by damaging
financial crises. China's Financial System: Growth and Risks draws
four main conclusions about China's financial system and its future
development. First, compared with other developed and emerging
economies, China's financial system has been dominated by a large
banking system. Second, China's financial markets have witnessed
significant development, however, their current scale and
importance are not comparable to those of the banking sector and
they may not be effective in allocating resources in the economy.
Third, the alternative financial sector has played an important
role in satisfying the financing demand and maintaining the high
growth rate in the real economy. Finally, a significant challenge
for China's financial system is to avoid damaging financial crises
that can severely disrupt economic stability.
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