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Publication details [#52364]

Durkin, Kathy. 2008. The adaptation of East Asian masters students to western norms of critical thinking and argumentation in the UK. Intercultural Education 19 (1) : 15–27.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

adaptation | argumentation | language and culture | student | thinking

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper argues that East Asian masters students in the UK adapt to western academic critical thinking and argumentation norms in a way that is culturally acceptable to them.