Alex Ren Jye Kim, Kimihiro Nishino, Mohamad Adam Bujang, Zubalqiah Zulkifli, Souphalak Inthaphatha, Eiko Yamamoto
What inhibits "speaking up" for patient safety among healthcare workers? A cross-sectional study in Malaysia
Human resources for health
cultivating intercultural competence longterm staged process requiring efforts counterparts education field primary school university currently research intercultural education china focuses tertiary education context little attention paid elementary education well primary school efl teachers background study intends investigate chinese primary school efl teachers preparedness intercultural foreign language teaching iflt influencing factors support teachers need implement iflt convergent mixed method used study data collected questionnaires interviews spss thematic analysis method used analyze data via quantitative qualitative methods empirical study found 1 primary school efl teachers well prepared iflt 2 textbooks current evaluation system teachers lack literacy intercultural competence insufficient teacher training intercultural competence teachers lack time energy five major factors constrain implementation iflt 3 support school administration construction interculturalrelated materials resources practiceoriented teacher training three main support teachers need based findings role textbooks experience abroad general materials culture promoting iflt discussed last implications future research directions proposed