Transcultural Interaction and Linguistic Diversity in Higher Education

The Student Experience
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-39746-1
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 331 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 5367 g

This book presents research that seeks to understand students' experiences of transnational mobility and transcultural interaction in the context of educational settings confronted with linguistic diversity.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fabricius, A.

Preisler, Bent

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; Anne H. Fabricius and Bent Preisler 2. Culture Shock or Love at First Sight? Exploring the 'Honeymoon' Stage of the International Student Sojourn; Alina Schartner and Tony Young 3. Student Adjustment: Diversity and Uniformity of Experience; Peter Sercombe and Tony Young 4. English is Not Enough - Local and Global Languages in International Student Mobility: A Case Study of the Austrian University Context; Hermine Penz 5. Students' Representations of Multilingualism and Internationalisation at Two Bilingual Universities in Spain; Enric Llurdaa, Aintzane Doizb and Juan M. Sierrab 6. Linguistic Diversity among Students in Higher Education: A Resource in a Multilingual Language Strategy?; Anne Holmen 7. Simultaneous Parallel Code Use: Using English in University Studies in Iceland; Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir and Hafdís Ingvarsdóttir 8. Questioning Linguistic Imperialism: Language Use and Needs in a Puerto Rican Agriculture Program; Kevin S. Carroll, Rosita L. Rivera and Kimberly Santiago 9. The Self-Other Positioning of International Students in the Japanese University English Language Classroom; Damian J. Rivers 10. The Student Experience as Transculturation: Examples from One-to-One Tutorials; Joan Turner 11. Perception and Identity for Non-Native Speakers of English in an English-Medium University Environment; Jane Vinthera and Gordon Slethaugb 12. Living the Bilingual University: One Student's Translanguaging Practices in a Bilingual Science Classroom; Catherine M. Mazak and Claudia Herbas Donoso 13. Why does Meredith Wish to Sound like the 'Queen'? An Investigation into Identity Issues Surrounding Spoken English Usage of Chinese ELF Speakers in London; Stuart Perrin 14. Language Policies in English Medium Programmes in Germany and Denmark and their Long Term Effects on Graduates' Bonds with the Host Country; Frauke Priegnitz

Über Autor(innen)

Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir, University of Iceland
Kevin S. Carroll, University of Puerto Rico
Aintzane Doiz, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain
Anne H. Fabricius, Roskilde University, Denmark
Claudia Herbas-Donoso, University of Puerto Rico
Anne Holmen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Hafdis Ingvarsdóttir, University of Iceland
Enric Llurda, Universitat de Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Catherine M. Mazak, University of Puerto Rico
Hermine Penz, University of Graz, Austria
Stuart Perrin, Xi'an Jiao-Tong-Liverpool University, China
Bent Preisler, Roskilde University, Denmark
Frauke Priegnitz, University of Hamburg, Germany

Rosita L. Rivera, University of Puerto Rico
Damian J. Rivers, Future University Hakodate, Japan

Kimberly Santiago, Ohio State University, USA
Alina Schartner, Newcastle University, UK
Peter Sercombe, Newcastle University, UK
Juan Manuel Sierra, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain
Gordon Slethaug, University of Waterloo, Canada
Joan Turner, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Jane Vinther, Independent Scholar
Tony Young, Newcastle University, UK