Towards Student Mobility in Asia - International Students Multilingual Identities, Interculturality,

The participation of international students in study abroad programmes in Asia is steadily increasing. This comprehensive volume captures the intricate dynamics of language learning and intercultural engagement in study abroad contexts.

List of contents

List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Jane Jackson
1. Reimagining International Student Mobility in Asia: Embracing the 'Whole Person' Within the Study-Abroad Context
2. Towards an Understanding of Multilingual Investment in Inter-Asia Mobility and Beyond: The Experiences of a Thai International Student at a Chinese University
3. Language Use and Identity Negotiation: International Students' Experiences in an EMI University in Multilingual Hong Kong
4. Images Telling Stories: L2 Learning Emotion as Represented in Multimodal Language Learning Histories of International Students in Japan
5. "If I Don't Know Korean, I Can Feel Like an Outsider": Impact of Local Language Proficiency on International Students' Academic and Sociocultural Experiences
6. Identity Navigation in a Multilingual Context: Voices of Chinese International Students in Malaysia
7. "Watery Master's" (shuishuo) and "Reverse Study-abroad" (fanxiang liuxue)? Reassessing International Student Mobility through Chinese Postgraduates in Singapore
8. Fostering Interculturality in Indonesia: Bridging Belonging between Local and Exchange Students
9. Factors Impacting Refugee Identities in Higher Education: Voices of Syrian University Students in Turkey
10. Unpacking International Students' Motivations, Opportunities and Challenges in Saudi Arabia: A Mixed-Methods Inquiry
11. The Self-Formation of International Students in Dubai: Navigating Identity, Curricula and Relational Experiences at International Branch Campuses
12. Exploring African international students' expectations, intercultural citizenship development and future vision at an English medium university in Kazakhstan
13. Attracting International Students as a Strategy to Reform and Enhance Competitiveness: The Case of Private Universities in Vietnam
Commentary on Internationalization of Higher Education in Asia
Xuesong (Andy) Gao
Index

About the author

Anas Hajar is Associate Professor of Multilingual Education at the Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Syed Abdul Manan is Associate Professor of Multilingual Education at the Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan.

Product details

• Authors: Anas Abdul Manan Hajar
• Assisted by: Syed Abdul Manan (Editor), Anas Hajar (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.2025
• EAN: 9781003864004
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0386400-4
• No. of pages: 298
• Series: Routledge Studies in Global Student Mobility
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; EDUCATION / Inclusive Education, EDUCATION / Language Experience Approach, EDUCATION / Student Life & Student Affairs, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, EDUCATION / Bilingual Education, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Teaching of a specific subject, Multicultural education, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher