Synergizing Transcultural Learning of Global Englishes: Vocies of Chinese Exchange Students in a Thai University

A world exceedingly diverse in a multitude of languages, ethnic origins, religions, and cultures is becoming increasingly integrated. As a result, it is undeniable that we face a great many challenges related to misunderstandings, conflicts, and disputes between individuals and groups in multicultural societies. One of the primary sources of these challenges is a lack of constructive communication skills and there is an expanding need for transcultural competence to meet the demands of multicultural societies in this ever globalized world.

“Synergizing Transcultural Learning through Global Englishes: Voices of Chinese Exchange Students in a Thai University” is a highly worthwhile read for those interested in transcultural learning. In this book, Singhanat Nomnian critically addresses the relationship between the spread, and use of Global Englishes, cultural sysnergy, transcultural security, and transcultural flows in the context of Chinese exchange students studying at a university in Thailand. He problematizes the issue of how Global Englishes can synergize the transcultural language learning of these Chinese students in the dynamic cosmopolitan world of today.

As Thailand, ASEAN and China actively engage in the internationalization of tertiary education, this book will lead a rethinking of traditional intercultural education. It presents real life examples of a challenging new approach to language teaching for these globalizing academic communities. The proposed model — transcultural learning synergy – will make it possible to overcome multilingual and multicultural barriers and open the way to a new understanding of the challenge of the future.

Associate Professor Kwanchit Sasiwongsaroj, Ph.D.
Director of Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University, Thailand