Firstly, I got the idea that it is language the main obstruct of cross-cultural adaption from my personal experience and research. For Chinese students, even they have got the valid certification of English, like IELTS or TOELF, achieving the level of native speaking and smooth communication is still a long way for them. Therefore, I decided to start an online holiday English improving camp. I invited my friend, Lucy, who has been in UK for years as a simultaneous interpreter. She also wants to promote herself as an English teacher. Therefore, we agreed that I will advertise this activity on social media and make sure that over 30 people attend. I post the poster on social media platform and several group chat.
The information about this activity, including time, course schedule, target group and the introduction of teachers are shown in the poster.
Purpose of the activity: Help Chinese sojourners who come to London improve their English skills, understand foreign cultural habits, adapt to foreign work environments, etc.
Outcome of Intervention One
During the preparation phase, I successfully got 46 people signed up for the activity. However, when the first class started, only 12 people participate. So we only had one class for these participants.
After this, I asked some of the participants about there feelings and feedback of this activity. Most of them thought the instruction and advise given by the teacher is super effective and helpful for she has introduced several methods of language improving and instructed students to do the intensive reading step by step. However, some of them thought this progress may not be suitable for all participants with different level of English. The progress of English improvement may take a long time of period. It needs students’ active motivation and perseverance of working. Most of the progress related to the students themselves. Also, different circumstance has different solution of the improving, which lead to the non-effectiveness of this kind of lecture. Also, people who want to attend the class have different requires, vary from language improving, test skills, finding jobs abroad, etc.
Failure analyses of Intervention One
1.The objectives of the course were not clear enough.
2.Lack of motivation and constraints to make sure most people attend.
3.The effectiveness of the class is uncertain.
Feedback from Zuleika:
20-80 rules: If you invite 100 people to an activity, there will only be 20 of them show up. So it is normal that only 20% people participate. This should not be called as a failure. But it is necessary that I should get feedback from people who participate.