Transcultural Interaction and Linguistic Diversity in Higher Education

The Student Experience

  • Anne H. Fabricius
  • Bent Preisler
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction
    Anne H. Fabricius, Bent Preisler
    Pages 1-11
  3. Culture Shock or Love at First Sight? Exploring the ‘Honeymoon’ Stage of the International Student Sojourn
    Alina Schartner, Tony Young
    Pages 12-33
  4. Student Adjustment: Diversity and Uniformity of Experience
    Peter Sercombe, Tony Young
    Pages 34-55
  5. English Is Not Enough — Local and Global Languages in International Student Mobility: A Case Study of the Austrian University Context
    Hermine Penz
    Pages 56-91
  6. Students’ Representations of Multilingualism and Internationalization at Two Bilingual Universities in Spain
    Enric Llurda, Aintzane Doiz, Juan M. Sierra
    Pages 92-115
  7. Linguistic Diversity among Students in Higher Education: A Resource in a Multilingual Language Strategy?
    Anne Holmen
    Pages 116-141
  8. Simultaneous Parallel Code Use: Using English in University Studies in Iceland
    Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir, Hafdís Ingvarsdóttir
    Pages 142-163
  9. Questioning Linguistic Imperialism: Language Use and Needs in a Puerto Rican Agriculture Program
    Kevin S. Carroll, Rosita L. Rivera, Kimberly Santiago
    Pages 164-187
  10. The Self-Other Positioning of International Students in the Japanese University English Language Classroom
    Damian J. Rivers
    Pages 188-214
  11. The Student Experience as Transculturation: Examples from One-to-One Tutorials
    Joan Turner
    Pages 215-233
  12. Perception and Identity for Non-Native Speakers of English in an English-Medium University Environment
    Jane Vinther, Gordon Slethaug
    Pages 234-254
  13. Living the Bilingual University: One Student’s Translanguaging Practices in a Bilingual Science Classroom
    Catherine M. Mazak, Claudia Herbas Donoso
    Pages 255-277
  14. Why Does Meredith Wish to Sound Like the Queen? An Investigation into Identity Issues surrounding Spoken English Usage of Chinese ELF Speakers in London
    Stuart Perrin
    Pages 278-299
  15. Language Policies in English-Medium Programmes in Germany and Denmark and their Long-Term Effects on Graduates’ Bonds with the Host Country
    Frauke Priegnitz
    Pages 300-325
  16. Back Matter
    Pages 326-331
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About this book

Introduction

This book presents research that seeks to understand students' experiences of transnational mobility and transcultural interaction in the context of educational settings confronted with linguistic diversity.

Keywords

Sociolinguistics internationalization globalization multilingualism language in education international student education English German higher education identity language classroom mobility research sociolinguistics university

Editors and affiliations

  • Anne H. Fabricius
    • 1
  • Bent Preisler
    • 1
  1. 1.Roskilde UniversityDenmark

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137397478
  • Copyright Information The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • eBook Packages Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-67958-4
  • Online ISBN 978-1-137-39747-8
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