Languaging Myths and Realities : : Journeys of Chinese International Students /

Languaging Myths and Realities : : Journeys of Chinese International Students / / 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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2022 Part 2
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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.)
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Table of 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

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