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Zhongqi Shi; Shuai Li – Foreign Language Annals, 2024
The study investigates whether and how mock interviews, an instructional component of business Chinese courses, prepare students for real interviews. The study included 11 American undergraduate students who participated in a 10-week summer study abroad program in China. Participants underwent two rounds of mock interviews with their instructors…
Descriptors: Employment Interviews, Teaching Methods, Work Environment, Business Communication
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Zeng, Zhini – Foreign Language Annals, 2018
This single-case study explored the experiences of a U.S. professional working in China by focusing on his discursive performance in negotiating a third space at work with people from the target culture. The results revealed that the foreign professional demonstrated a strong desire to creatively appropriate the target language as his own use,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Professional Personnel, Foreign Workers, Second Language Learning
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He, Yunjuan; Qin, Xizhen – Foreign Language Annals, 2017
This small-scale study reported American students' perception of the effect of their internship conducted in a study abroad program on their development of Chinese language proficiency, intercultural competence, and professional knowledge. The results indicate that a self-evaluated successful internship allows interns with intermediate-level…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Internship Programs, Foreign Countries, North Americans