Languaging Myths and Realities : journeys of Chinese international students / Qianqian Zhang-Wu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang-Wu, Qianqian, author.

Series:

New perspectives on language and education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching (Higher)--Foreign speakers.

English language.

Intercultural communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 263 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Multilingual Matters, 2022.

Summary:

Drawing on a digital ethnography of Chinese international students’ first semester languaging practices, this book examines how they use their multilingual and multi-modal communicative repertories to facilitate languaging across contexts, in order to suggest how universities might better serve the needs of international students.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Part 1

1 Who, Why and What about Chinese International Students

2 Languaging across Borders: Linguistic Demands, Challenges and an Integrated Framework

3 A Four-Month In-Depth Investigation: An Overview of Study Design

Part 2

4 Chinese International Students are Not Chinese International Students

5 First Semester Languaging Journeys of Three Regular High Students

6 First-Semester Languaging Journeys of Two American High Students

7 Revisiting Within-Group Variabilities among Chinese International Students

Part 3

8 An Overview of Myths and Realities

9 Myth 1: TOEFL Results Accurately Predict International Students’ Ability to Function Linguistically on College Entry

10 Myth 2: An English-Only Policy is Necessary in College Classrooms to Help International Students Improve Their Linguistic Functioning in English

11 Myth 3: First Year Writing Guarantees International Students’ Successful Writing Performances in Content-Area Courses

12 Myth 4: English is Responsible for All the Challenges Facing Chinese International Students

13 Myth 5: Chinese International Students are Well Supported in American Higher Education Linguistically and Academically

14 Revisiting Myths and Realities

Appendix A

Appendix B

References

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-78892-690-0

OCLC:

1399978661