International Students in Higher Education - Language, Identity, and Experience From a Holistic Perspective

This book sheds light on lived experience, identity construction, and language acquisition in presenting the portraits of four multilingual international students and of their university. It approaches the students’ experiences from a critical and holistic perspective that showcases experiences of challenge, resilience, and success.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: A Book on Multilingual International Students in Higher Education
Chapter 2: Setting the Context
Chapter 3: Language, Identity and Second Language Learning
Chapter 4: Surveying the Community
Chapter 5: Claire: "It's very Lonely Here"
Chapter 6: Seth: "I Wanna Go Back"
Chapter 7: Pablo: "English is my Real Life"
Chapter 8: Sabrina: "The World is Yours"
Chapter 9: A Final Collage of Portraits
Bibliography

About the author

Vander Tavares is postdoctoral researcher in education at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. Thor-André Skrefsrud is professor of education at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences.

Summary

This book sheds light on lived experience, identity construction, and language acquisition in presenting the portraits of four multilingual international students and of their university. It approaches the students’ experiences from a critical and holistic perspective that showcases experiences of challenge, resilience, and success.

Product details

• Authors: Vander Tavares
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781793641113
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-111-3
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Psychology, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, Sociolinguistics, Secondary Schools, Language teaching & learning, English language teaching (ELT), EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language