Vander Tavares

International Students in Higher Education (eBook, PDF)

Language, Identity, and Experience from a Holistic Perspective

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Applying a critical and holistic framework, International Students in Higher Education: Language, Identity, and Experience from a Holistic Perspective explores the lived experiences of four multilingual international students at a Canadian University. Vander Tavares investigates how the students experience life in the host community, construct their multiple identities, and develop their proficiency in the English language. Additionally, Tavares examines the ways in which the institutional context impacts the students' experiences by foregrounding the voices of domestic students, faculty and support staff, and their experiences and perspectives on international students, multiculturalism, and multilingualism. Drawing from theories of cultural and social psychology, post-structuralism, multilingualism, and a sociocognitive approach to second language acquisition, this project presents rich ethnographic portraits of the students' experiences. This contextualised and humanised portrayal of the students' individual journeys challenges the prevailing discourse of deficit that has traditionally been used to characterise the multilingual international student experience. Overall, this book demonstrates that an ethical understanding of multilingual international students' experiences requires critical attention to the sociocultural and sociolinguistic contexts of their academic communities and a holistic approach that considers the multiple domains of lived experience that the students navigate.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978795020
• Artikelnr.: 74835445

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