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Professor Prue Holmes' Outputs (69)

The politics of researching interculturally (2024)
Book Chapter
Holmes, P. (in press). The politics of researching interculturally. In S. Liu, A. Komisarof, Z. Jua, & L. Obijiofor (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of intercultural communication. SAGE Publications

Translanguaging as methodology to study language cafés: implications for managing multilingual data (2023)
Journal Article
Polo-Pérez, N., & Holmes, P. (2023). Translanguaging as methodology to study language cafés: implications for managing multilingual data. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 44(8), 737-750. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2023.2197882

This article explores the affordances of translanguaging as methodology by reflecting upon the role of the multilingual repertoires of research participants (including the researcher) in shaping an ethnographic inquiry on “language cafés” (LCs), unde... Read More about Translanguaging as methodology to study language cafés: implications for managing multilingual data.

Durham University Case Study (2022)
Book Chapter
Holmes, P., & Kokotsaki, D. (2022). Durham University Case Study. In The experience of examining the PhD: An international comparative study of processes and standards (206-222). Routledge

Reflections on the co-construction of an interpretive approach to interculturality for higher education in China (2022)
Journal Article
Holmes, P., Ganassin, S., & Li, S. (2022). Reflections on the co-construction of an interpretive approach to interculturality for higher education in China. Language and Intercultural Communication, 22(5), 503-518. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2022.2114491

The inclusion of intercultural communication and intercultural competence in English language education in Chinese Higher Education is now firmly established in the ‘National Standards’ (2020). In a post-project reflection, we explore the opportuniti... Read More about Reflections on the co-construction of an interpretive approach to interculturality for higher education in China.

Afterword (2022)
Book Chapter
Holmes, P., & Corbett, J. (2022). Afterword. In P. Holmes, & J. Corbett (Eds.), Critical intercultural pedagogy for difficult times: Conflict, crisis, and creativity (250-256). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003150756-16

Participation, understanding and dialogue: Intercultural learning among students in higher education and refugee youth (2022)
Book Chapter
Holmes, P., Moskal., M., & Rajab, T. (2022). Participation, understanding and dialogue: Intercultural learning among students in higher education and refugee youth. In P. Holmes, & J. Corbett (Eds.), Critical intercultural pedagogy for difficult times: Conflict, crisis, and creativity (117-137). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003150756

This case study investigates intercultural dialogue and understanding, participation, and intercultural responsibility among postgraduate students in a British university and recently resettled Syrian and Iraqi refugees who have been excluded from ed... Read More about Participation, understanding and dialogue: Intercultural learning among students in higher education and refugee youth.

An ethic for researching multilingually in transnational, multilingual, multidisiplinary research teams (2022)
Book Chapter
Holmes, P., & Rajab, T. (2022). An ethic for researching multilingually in transnational, multilingual, multidisiplinary research teams. In P. Holmes, & J. Corbett (Eds.), Critical intercultural pedagogy for difficult times: Conflict, crisis, and creativity (228-249). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003150756-15

Working in a multilingual, multinational, and multidisciplinary project invites questions concerning the role of languages among the researchers, participants and stakeholders involved in the project. In this chapter, we attempt to explore how collea... Read More about An ethic for researching multilingually in transnational, multilingual, multidisiplinary research teams.

A research trajectory for difficult times: decentring language and intercultural communication (2022)
Journal Article
Holmes, P., & Peña Dix, B. (2022). A research trajectory for difficult times: decentring language and intercultural communication. Language and Intercultural Communication, 22(3), 337-353. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2022.2068563

This study investigates how critical intercultural pedagogy, creative arts methods, inspired by new materialism, can support new forms of language and intercultural learning in contexts of conflict. Columbian university scholarship recipients in pre-... Read More about A research trajectory for difficult times: decentring language and intercultural communication.

Exploring a Pedagogy for Understanding and Developing Chinese EFL Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence (2022)
Book Chapter
Qin, S., & Holmes, P. (2022). Exploring a Pedagogy for Understanding and Developing Chinese EFL Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence. In T. McConachy, I. Golubeva, & M. Wagner (Eds.), Intercultural learning in language education and beyond: Evolving concepts, perspectives, and practices (227-249). Multilingual Matters. https://doi.org/10.21832/9781800412613-020

This chapter explores how Byram’s (1997) intercultural communicative competence (ICC) framework can inform the development of an intercultural communication course delivered within English language education in a Chinese university. The theoretical c... Read More about Exploring a Pedagogy for Understanding and Developing Chinese EFL Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence.

Afterword (2022)
Book Chapter
Holmes, P., Reynolds, J., & Ganassin, S. (2022). Afterword. In P. Holmes, J. Reynolds, & S. Ganassin (Eds.), The politics of researching multilingually (345-352). Multilingual Matters

Latin American universities in a time of crisis: Responses from the arts, humanities, and social sciences (2021)
Book Chapter
Holmes, P., & Corbett, J. (2021). Latin American universities in a time of crisis: Responses from the arts, humanities, and social sciences. In S. Garcia-Ferrari, H. Offerdal, & M. Kania (Eds.), Why Latin America matters (64-79). University of Edinburgh: Centre for Contemporary Latin American Studies

Drawing on the Brazilian context, we discuss the crisis facing Latin American Universities, where the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences have been deemed ‘useless’ by populist politicians, who instead favour technicist, neoliberal approaches to ed... Read More about Latin American universities in a time of crisis: Responses from the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Intercultural business education: The role of critical theory and experiential learning (2020)
Book Chapter
Holmes, P., & Zhou, V. (2020). Intercultural business education: The role of critical theory and experiential learning. In J. Jackson (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of language and intercultural communication (457-472). (2nd ed). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003036210-35

Workplaces, both locally and globally, are increasingly characterised by complexity, ambiguity, and diversity, but also by individual distinctiveness and local relations. People in the workplace encounter this complexity through technology, and other... Read More about Intercultural business education: The role of critical theory and experiential learning.

Researching Multilingually in Applied Linguistics (2019)
Book Chapter
Andrews, J., Holmes, P., Fay, R., & Dawson, S. (2019). Researching Multilingually in Applied Linguistics. In J. McKinley, & H. Rose (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of research methods in applied linguistics. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367824471-7

Researching multilingually is an umbrella term used (in e.g. Holmes et al. 2013) which seeks to identify and highlight the decision-making researchers engage in regarding language in the many stages of their research processes. In applied linguistics... Read More about Researching Multilingually in Applied Linguistics.

Case study: Durham University (2019)
Book Chapter
Holmes, P., Reynolds, J., & Chaplin, M. (2019). Case study: Durham University. In M. Byram, & M. Stoicheva (Eds.), The doctorate as experience in Europe and beyond : supervision, languages, identities (52-88). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351213585-3

In this case study, the experience of doctoral study in the United Kingdom (UK) is examined from the perspectives of both doctoral researchers and doctoral supervisors in the arts, humanities and social sciences at Durham University. Based on the rep... Read More about Case study: Durham University.

Case study: Durham University (2019)
Book Chapter
Holmes, P., Reynolds, J., & Chaplin, M. (2019). Case study: Durham University. In M. Byram, & M. Stoicheva (Eds.), The doctorate as experience in Europe and beyond: Supervision, languages, identities (52-88). Routledge

I was surprised to see you in a Chinese school’: Researching multilingually opportunities and challenges in community-based research (2019)
Journal Article
Ganassin, S., & Holmes, P. (2020). I was surprised to see you in a Chinese school’: Researching multilingually opportunities and challenges in community-based research. Applied Linguistics, 41(6), 827-854. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amz043

Researchers working in multilingual contexts must draw on their own linguistic resources when conceptualizing, planning, conducting, and reporting their studies, whether for theses or publications, or in dissemination to other stakeholders. However,... Read More about I was surprised to see you in a Chinese school’: Researching multilingually opportunities and challenges in community-based research.

The role of informal curricula in furthering intercultural dialogue: Internationalisation in a Chinese university (2019)
Book Chapter
Wang, C., & Holmes, P. (2019). The role of informal curricula in furthering intercultural dialogue: Internationalisation in a Chinese university. In U. Lundgren, P. Castro, & J. Woodin (Eds.), Educational approaches to internationalization through intercultural dialogue : reflections on theory and practice (111-125). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429444289-9

This chapter explores the possibilities and limits of the informal curriculum in promoting intercultural dialogue among students in the context of a specific Chinese university. Through a document analysis of the institution’s internationalisation po... Read More about The role of informal curricula in furthering intercultural dialogue: Internationalisation in a Chinese university.

Ideologies of the Chinese language in Finland: A critical analysis of policy documents and news articles (2018)
Journal Article
Lui, H., & Holmes, P. (2018). Ideologies of the Chinese language in Finland: A critical analysis of policy documents and news articles. Global Chinese, 4(2), 247-270. https://doi.org/10.1515/glochi-2018-0012

In recent years, the visibility and importance of the Chinese language (Mandarin) has been rising globally due to its emerging status as a significant global language used by native and non-native speakers and learners. This study looks into how Finl... Read More about Ideologies of the Chinese language in Finland: A critical analysis of policy documents and news articles.

Intercultural communication in the global workplace, critical approaches (2017)
Book Chapter
Holmes, P. (2017). Intercultural communication in the global workplace, critical approaches. In Y. Kim (Ed.), The international encyclopedia of intercultural communication (1-16). John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118783665.ieicc0051

The critical intercultural turn in intercultural communication and cross-cultural management research has begun to question dominating traditional (positivist) approaches. Therefore, preparing people for the global workplace requires understanding of... Read More about Intercultural communication in the global workplace, critical approaches.

Enhancing intercultural communicative competence through online foreign language exchange: Taiwanese students’ experiences (2017)
Book Chapter
Lin, W., Shie, J., & Holmes, P. (2017). Enhancing intercultural communicative competence through online foreign language exchange: Taiwanese students’ experiences. . Centre for Applied English Studies, The University of Hong Kong

From cross-cultural and comparative perspectives, this paper reports on a study which investigated students’ experiences of intercultural and foreign language learning through a six-month online language exchange project involving 30 Taiwanese second... Read More about Enhancing intercultural communicative competence through online foreign language exchange: Taiwanese students’ experiences.

Interculturality and the study abroad experience: students’ learning from the IEREST materials (2016)
Journal Article
Holmes, P., Bavieri, L., Ganassin, S., & Murphy, J. (2016). Interculturality and the study abroad experience: students’ learning from the IEREST materials. Language and Intercultural Communication, 16(3), 452-469. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2016.1168054

This study investigated how a ‘while abroad’ (IEREST) intercultural experiential learning programme (i) encouraged mobile student sojourners to explore the concept of ‘interculturality’; (ii) promoted their intercultural engagement/communication duri... Read More about Interculturality and the study abroad experience: students’ learning from the IEREST materials.

The cultural and intercultural dimensions of English as a lingua franca (2016)
Book
Holmes, P., & Dervin, F. (Eds.). (2016). The cultural and intercultural dimensions of English as a lingua franca. Multilingual Matters

This book investigates the cultural and intercultural aspects of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). The chapters consider the communication and pedagogical implications of these dimensions and offer suggestions for new directions in ELF research, peda... Read More about The cultural and intercultural dimensions of English as a lingua franca.

How to identify research questions (2016)
Book Chapter
Hua, Z., Holmes, P., Young, T., & Angouri, J. (2016). How to identify research questions. In Z. Hua (Ed.), Research methods in intercultural communication: a practical guide (73-87). Wiley

How to research multilingually: Possibilities and complexities (2016)
Book Chapter
Holmes, P., Fay, R., Andrews, J., & Attia, M. (2016). How to research multilingually: Possibilities and complexities. In Z. Hua (Ed.), Research methods in intercultural communication : a practical guide (88-102). Wiley

This chapter aims to develop researchers’ awareness and understanding of the process of researching multilingually—where they must use, or account for the use of, more than one language in the research process. We provide a conceptual framework that... Read More about How to research multilingually: Possibilities and complexities.

Intercultural encounters as socially constructed experiences; Which concepts? Which pedagogies? (2015)
Book Chapter
Holmes, P. (2015). Intercultural encounters as socially constructed experiences; Which concepts? Which pedagogies?. In N. Holden, S. Michailova, & S. Tietze (Eds.), Routledge companion to cross-cultural management (237-247). Routledge

Intercultural encounters in the workplace are frequently plurilingual, intercultural, socially constructed interactions that are situated in time, place, space, and purpose. Competence in one encounter can very quickly manifest as incompetence in ano... Read More about Intercultural encounters as socially constructed experiences; Which concepts? Which pedagogies?.

Developing intercultural understanding for study abroad: Students' and teachers' perspectives on pre-departure intercultural learning (2015)
Journal Article
Holmes, P., Bavieri, L., & Ganassin, S. (2015). Developing intercultural understanding for study abroad: Students' and teachers' perspectives on pre-departure intercultural learning. Intercultural Education, 26(1), 16-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/14675986.2015.993250

This study reports on students’ and teachers’ perspectives on a programme designed to develop Erasmus students’ intercultural understanding prior to going abroad. We aimed to understand how students and their teachers perceived pre-departure material... Read More about Developing intercultural understanding for study abroad: Students' and teachers' perspectives on pre-departure intercultural learning.

‘The cultural stuff around how to talk to people’: immigrants' intercultural communication during a pre-employment work-placement (2015)
Journal Article
Holmes, P. (2015). ‘The cultural stuff around how to talk to people’: immigrants' intercultural communication during a pre-employment work-placement. Language and Intercultural Communication, 15(1), 109-124. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2014.985309

This paper reports on a small in-depth study of 16 immigrants' intercultural communication experiences as they enter the workforce in New Zealand through a volunteer work-placement scheme. The key research questions are: What intercultural communicat... Read More about ‘The cultural stuff around how to talk to people’: immigrants' intercultural communication during a pre-employment work-placement.

The (inter)cultural turn in foreign language teaching (2014)
Book Chapter
Holmes, P. (2014). The (inter)cultural turn in foreign language teaching. In N. Pachler, & A. Redondo (Eds.), A practical guide to teaching foreign languages in the secondary school (76-86). (2nd ed.). Routledge

Intercultural dialogue: challenges to theory, practice and research (2014)
Journal Article
Holmes, P. (2014). Intercultural dialogue: challenges to theory, practice and research. Language and Intercultural Communication, 14(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2013.866120

This special issue showcases papers presented at the International Association of Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC) conference in Durham in December 2012. The conference, similarly entitled ‘Intercultural dialogue: Current challenges;... Read More about Intercultural dialogue: challenges to theory, practice and research.

Intercultural communicative competence in foreign language education: Questions of theory, practice and research (2013)
Journal Article
Byram, M., Holmes, P., & Savvides, N. (2013). Intercultural communicative competence in foreign language education: Questions of theory, practice and research. The Language Learning Journal, 41(3), 251-253. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2013.836343

Language teaching and learning has undergone a ‘cultural turn’ since the emergence of ‘the Communicative Approach’ and ‘Communicative Language Teaching’ in the 1970s. The earlier study of language, which involved the study of literary and other texts... Read More about Intercultural communicative competence in foreign language education: Questions of theory, practice and research.

Researching multilingually: New theoretical and methodological directions (2013)
Journal Article
Holmes, P., Fay, R., Andrews, J., & Attia, M. (2013). Researching multilingually: New theoretical and methodological directions. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 23(3), 285-299. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12038

This paper reports findings from an AHRC-funded project into the use of more than one language in research projects. Using 35 seminar presentations and 25 researcher profiles, we investigated how researchers from differing disciplines became aware of... Read More about Researching multilingually: New theoretical and methodological directions.

Multilingual Research practices in Community Research: The case of Migrant/Refugee Women in North East England (2013)
Journal Article
Ganassin, S., & Holmes, P. (2013). Multilingual Research practices in Community Research: The case of Migrant/Refugee Women in North East England. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 23(3), 342-356. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12043

Researching in communities where the research participants are multilingual raises questions about research design and practice. This paper illustrates post-research reflections of a study of multilingual women from ethnic minority migrant/refugee/as... Read More about Multilingual Research practices in Community Research: The case of Migrant/Refugee Women in North East England.

Business and management education. (2011)
Book Chapter
Holmes, P. (2012). Business and management education. In J. Jackson (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication (464-480). Routledge

Business communication as cultural text: Exchange and feedback of promotional video clips (2009)
Journal Article
Zaidman, N., & Holmes, P. (2009). Business communication as cultural text: Exchange and feedback of promotional video clips. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 33(6), 535-549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2009.06.002

Our research is a response to the need to improve the understanding of the complexity of global professional communication. To investigate the complex cultural interpretations that producers and audiences apply to professional texts, we developed a t... Read More about Business communication as cultural text: Exchange and feedback of promotional video clips.

Foregrounding harmony: Chinese international students voices in communication with their New Zealand peers (2008)
Journal Article
Holmes, P. (2008). Foregrounding harmony: Chinese international students voices in communication with their New Zealand peers. China media research, 4(4), 102-110

Chinese students’ intercultural communication experiences in Western educational institutions have largely been examined through Eurocentric theoretical lenses, often resulting in misinterpretations of their verbal and nonverbal interactions. Instead... Read More about Foregrounding harmony: Chinese international students voices in communication with their New Zealand peers.

Migrants' communication practices with ICTs: Tools for facilitating migration and adaptation? (2008)
Journal Article
Holmes, P., & Janson, A. (2008). Migrants' communication practices with ICTs: Tools for facilitating migration and adaptation?. International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society, 4(6), 51-62. https://doi.org/10.18848/1832-3669/cgp/v04i06/55946

Migrants to a new homeland face significant adaptation and communication challenges. Information communication technologies (ICTs) are obvious tools to bridge these challenges. In this paper we investigate how migrants’ communication practices shape... Read More about Migrants' communication practices with ICTs: Tools for facilitating migration and adaptation?.

Problematising intercultural communication competence in the pluricultural classroom: Chinese students in a New Zealand university (2006)
Journal Article
Holmes, P. (2006). Problematising intercultural communication competence in the pluricultural classroom: Chinese students in a New Zealand university. Language and Intercultural Communication, 6(1), 18-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708470608668906

This study juxtaposes current approaches to intercultural communication compe-tence (ICC) with Chinese students' learning and communication experiences in a New Zealand pluricultural classroom. Fifteen first-year Chinese university students were inte... Read More about Problematising intercultural communication competence in the pluricultural classroom: Chinese students in a New Zealand university.