| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 263 pages) : illustrations. |
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New perspectives on language and education ; 95
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New perspectives on language and education ; 95.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Who, why, and what about Chinese international students -- Languaging across borders: linguistic demands, challenges and an integrated framework -- A four-month in-depth investigation : an overview of study design -- Chinese international students are not Chinese international students -- First semester languaging journeys of three regular high students -- First semester languaging journeys of two American high students -- Revisiting within-group variabilities among Chinese international students -- An overview of myths and realities -- Myth 1: TOEFL results accurately predict international students' ability to function linguistically on college entry -- Myth 2: An English-only policy is necessary in college classrooms to help international students improve their linguistic functioning in English -- Myth 3: First-year writing guarantees international students' successful writing performances in content-area courses -- Myth 4: English is responsible for all the challenges facing Chinese international students -- Myth 5: Chinese international students are well supported in American higher education linguistically and academically -- Revisiting myths and realities. |
| 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Chinese students -- United States.
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English language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Chinese speakers.
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Foreign study -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Students, Foreign -- United States.
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College freshmen -- Services for -- United States.
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Intercultural communication.
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Chinese students |
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College freshmen -- Services for |
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English language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Chinese speakers |
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Foreign study -- Social aspects |
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Intercultural communication |
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Students, Foreign |
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Zhang-Wu, Qianqian. Languaging myths and realities. Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2022] 9781788926898 (DLC) 2021032510 (OCoLC)1274231092 |
| ISBN |
9781788926911 (ePub ebook) |
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1788926919 (ePub ebook) |
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1788926900 (PDF ebook) |
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9781788926904 (electronic bk.) |
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9781788926195 (pbk.) |
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1788926196 (pbk.) |
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9781788926898 (hbk.) |
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1788926897 (hbk.) |
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