Languaging Myths and Realities
Multilingual Matters (Verlag)
978-1-78892-689-8 (ISBN)
Higher education institutions in Anglophone countries often rely on standardized English language proficiency exams to assess the linguistic capabilities of their multilingual international students. However, there is often a mismatch between these scores and the initial experiences of international students in both academic and social contexts. Drawing on a digital ethnography of Chinese international students’ first semester languaging practices, this book examines their challenges, needs and successes on their initial languaging journeys in higher education. It analyzes how they use their rich multilingual and multi-modal communicative repertories to facilitate languaging across contexts, in order to suggest how university support systems might better serve the needs of multilingual international students.
Qianqian Zhang-Wu is an Assistant Professor of English and Director of Multilingual Writing, Northeastern University, USA. Her research interests include multilingual writing and TESOL.
Acknowledgement
Preface
Part 1
Chapter 1: Who, Why, and What about Chinese International Students
Chapter 2: Languaging across Borders: Linguistic Demands, Challenges and an Integrated Framework
Chapter 3: A Four-Month In-Depth Investigation: An Overview of Study Design
Part 2
Chapter 4: Chinese International Students are Not Chinese International Students
Chapter 5: First Semester Languaging Journeys of Three Regular High Students
Chapter 6: First Semester Languaging Journeys of Two American High Students
Chapter 7: Revisiting Within-Group Variabilities among Chinese International Students
Part 3
Chapter 8: An Overview of Myths and Realities
Chapter 9: Myth 1: TOEFL Results Accurately Predict International Students’ Ability to Function Linguistically on College Entry
Chapter 10: Myth 2: An English-Only Policy is Necessary in College Classrooms to Help International Students Improve Their Linguistic Functioning in English
Chapter 11: Myth 3: First-Year Writing Guarantees International Students’ Successful Writing Performances in Content-Area Courses
Chapter 12: Myth 4: English is Responsible for All the Challenges Facing Chinese International Students
Chapter 13: Myth 5: Chinese International Students are Well Supported in American Higher Education Linguistically and Academically
Chapter 14: Revisiting Myths and Realities
Appendix A
Appendix B
References
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.09.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | New Perspectives on Language and Education |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 571 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78892-689-7 / 1788926897 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78892-689-8 / 9781788926898 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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