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Meredith is one of many Chinese learners of English who come temporarily to London to learn English before continuing their wider education in Master’s degree programmes at university, usually in England but not exclusively so. She is part of the vast ‘army’ of ‘international students’ who choose to continue their education within an English first language speaking environment, as highlighted by Graddol (2006), but who return back to their first language country when completing their studies.
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Perrin, S. (2015). Why Does Meredith Wish to Sound Like the Queen? An Investigation into Identity Issues surrounding Spoken English Usage of Chinese ELF Speakers in London. In: Fabricius, A.H., Preisler, B. (eds) Transcultural Interaction and Linguistic Diversity in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137397478_13
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