Abstract
Over the past decade which marked Vietnam’s deepening international integration, Cross-Cultural Communication has become a crucial and significant course in a large number of curricula at institutions nationwide. The present status of the teaching quality of Cross-Cultural Communication at higher education level in Vietnam and at Vinh University in particular, however, is raising some issues of particular concern, including imbalance between theory and practice of the course syllabus and lack of teaching materials, students’ background and motivation, among other things. By employing both quantitative and qualitative methods, this article attempts to look into the reality of the teaching quality of the course in terms of syllabus and sources, teaching staff, students, facilities and other relevant conditions to serve the training of the course, given Vinh University as a case study. A substantial part of the article digs out merits of CDIO (Conceive, Design, Implement, Operate) approach as fundamental solutions to the improvement of the course teaching. We find that to address the pressing requirements to address the aforementioned problems for better teaching quality of the course, it is vital in the first place to renew teaching methods and assessment and to design of a course book based on CDIO approach.
Highlights
In the increasingly integrating world, cross-cultural communication is becoming crucial as from workplace to any type of cross-border communication settings, individuals find themselves in increased contact with others whose different cultural beliefs, values, communication styles, and so on, are here to stay
Facing those problems arising from training practices, it is essential that how to apply a feasible approach in line with the educational context in Vietnam in general and in Vinh University in particular remains a burning question
Fact shows that the training of the cross-cultural communication course in most Vietnamese higher education institutions is not enjoying a deserving status for a number of reasons
Summary
In the increasingly integrating world, cross-cultural communication is becoming crucial as from workplace to any type of cross-border communication settings, individuals find themselves in increased contact with others whose different cultural beliefs, values, communication styles, and so on, are here to stay. The presence of the course in the training programs spells out the increasing awareness of the university administrators and educators as well as students to meet the indispensible requirements for the country’s robust international integration and for students’ job opportunities Against this background, the course training reveals many pitfalls, some of which lie in the teaching methods and the absence of a course book suitable with Vietnamese higher education context. Many research works and training practices prove that CDIO—which stands for Conceive, Design, Implement, Operate—be a successful approach worldwide because of its strong merits which gear towards learners’ competence-based training In this sense, the aforementioned problems can be addressed by, first and foremost, the renewal of teaching methods and assessment, as well as designing of a course book based the CDIO approach. Quyet Huu Quye: Improving the Teaching Quality of the Course “Cross-Cultural Communication” Employing CDIO
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