Interculturality in Mandarin Teaching in China and in the UK

Abstract

The primary goal of the research is to compare and contrast the interculturality of Mandarin instruction in China and the United Kingdom. The qualitative research approach was used in this investigation. The majority of the information was obtained from the CNKI and Google scholar. It was conducted using the following keywords: interculturality, Mandarin teaching, cross-cultural teaching, differences, China, United Kingdom, and interculturality. There were 16 Chinese documents and 5 English papers recovered from the archives. The research relied on secondary sources and theme analysis to complete its objectives. Interculturality provides opportunities for individuals to have a better understanding of others' cultures in a tolerant manner. Interculturality has the potential to improve the accommodation of cultural differences. Mandarin instructors are acclimated to the foreign living if they have understanding of interculturality and are familiar with the traditions of the country they are teaching in. It is preferable for Mandarin instructors to get more quickly acclimated to the life of teaching so that they may devote more time to teaching students and less time to dealing with culture shock. Learning Mandarin allows students to synthesize distinctions between their own culture and the cultures of other nations, allowing them to appreciate the positive parts of other cultures. This is accomplished via the process of learning the cultures of other countries.