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International Students Challenges, Strategies and Future Vision : A Socio-Dynamic Perspective / Anas Hajar.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Second Language AcquisitionPublisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781788922234
  • 9781788922241
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.1/9826910941 23
LOC classification:
  • LB2376.6.G7 H35 2019
  • LB2376.6.G7 H35 2019eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- Part 1: Theoretical Considerations -- 2. Has Language Learning Strategy Research Come to an End? -- 3. Towards a Socio-Dynamic Perspective on Language Learning Strategy Research -- 4. Impact of Household Members on EFL Students’ Strategic Language Learning and Future Vision -- 5. Impacts of Mainstream Schooling and ‘Shadow Education’ on EFL Students’ Strategic Language Learning and Development -- Part 3: Learning Strategy Research in a Study Abroad Context -- 6. Social Interaction, Strategy Use and Future Vision on Pre-Sessional English Programmes -- 7. Social Connectedness, Learning Strategy Use and Future Vision during Master’s Programmes -- 8. The Challenges of Writing a Master’s Dissertation, Learning Strategy Use and Future Vision: Perspectives of International Students -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- References -- Index
Summary: Study abroad is now both an international industry and an experience that can have a deep impact on students’ linguistic, cultural and personal development. This book explores ‘the social turn’ in the fields of study abroad and language learning strategies. The longitudinal qualitative study reported in this volume investigates the international educational experiences of Arab university students from diverse countries (Iraq, Libya, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the United Arab Emirates) and represents one of the few empirical studies to capture an in-depth understanding of the study abroad experiences of newly-arrived international students in higher education. Particular attention is paid to their changing learning goals, underlying motivations and strategy uses during their attendance on both short and long academic programmes in a study abroad context. It also examines their past language learning experiences in their homelands retrospectively. Readers will gain a better understanding of international students’ study abroad experiences in terms of their expectations, aspirations, diverse difficulties and the strategies they deploy to deal with these difficulties.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- Part 1: Theoretical Considerations -- 2. Has Language Learning Strategy Research Come to an End? -- 3. Towards a Socio-Dynamic Perspective on Language Learning Strategy Research -- 4. Impact of Household Members on EFL Students’ Strategic Language Learning and Future Vision -- 5. Impacts of Mainstream Schooling and ‘Shadow Education’ on EFL Students’ Strategic Language Learning and Development -- Part 3: Learning Strategy Research in a Study Abroad Context -- 6. Social Interaction, Strategy Use and Future Vision on Pre-Sessional English Programmes -- 7. Social Connectedness, Learning Strategy Use and Future Vision during Master’s Programmes -- 8. The Challenges of Writing a Master’s Dissertation, Learning Strategy Use and Future Vision: Perspectives of International Students -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- References -- Index

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Study abroad is now both an international industry and an experience that can have a deep impact on students’ linguistic, cultural and personal development. This book explores ‘the social turn’ in the fields of study abroad and language learning strategies. The longitudinal qualitative study reported in this volume investigates the international educational experiences of Arab university students from diverse countries (Iraq, Libya, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the United Arab Emirates) and represents one of the few empirical studies to capture an in-depth understanding of the study abroad experiences of newly-arrived international students in higher education. Particular attention is paid to their changing learning goals, underlying motivations and strategy uses during their attendance on both short and long academic programmes in a study abroad context. It also examines their past language learning experiences in their homelands retrospectively. Readers will gain a better understanding of international students’ study abroad experiences in terms of their expectations, aspirations, diverse difficulties and the strategies they deploy to deal with these difficulties.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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