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Languaging Myths and Realities : Journeys of Chinese International Students / Qianqian Zhang-Wu.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New Perspectives on Language and Education ; 95Publisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2021]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781788926898
  • 9781788926904
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 428.00711 23/eng/20230216
LOC classification:
  • LB2376.5.C6 Z47 2022
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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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
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.

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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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