Transcultural interaction and linguistic diversity in higher education :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
the student experience
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Anne H. Fabricius and Bent Preisler.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[Basingstoke]
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2015
CONTENTS NOTE
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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 Arnbj̲rnsd̤ttir and Hafd̕s Ingvarsd̤ttir --;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.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.