Vander Tavares

International Students in Higher Education

Language, Identity, and Experience from a Holistic Perspective

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781793641113
• ISBN-10: 1793641110
• Artikelnr.: 62123451

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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