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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2022 Part 2
• VerfasserIn: Zhang-Wu, Qianqian,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2021]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education ; 95
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781788926904; 9783110767001; 9783110754001; 9783110753776; 9783110754117; 9783110753882; 9783110767124
• DOI: 10.21832/9781788926904
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Qianqian Zhang-Wu.

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.