International Student Spouses and the English Language
| Autor: | Adam Grimm, Dana Kanhai, Jessica Landgraf |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Higher education
business.industry 05 social sciences Perspective (graphical) 050301 education Context (language use) Language acquisition Education Internationalization of Higher Education International education Internationalization 050902 family studies Pedagogy Sociology 0509 other social sciences Element (criminal law) business 0503 education |
| Zdroj: | Journal of International Students. 9:1172-1190 |
| ISSN: | 2166-3750 2162-3104 |
| DOI: | 10.32674/jis.v9i4.583 |
| Popis: | In the context of the internationalization of U.S. higher education, millions of international students have come to study at U.S. institutions. Some students, particularly those pursuing advanced degree, bring their spouses. As part of a larger study, we set out to examine the experiences of international student spouses at a Midwestern university. This article examines the experiences from the perspective of grappling with the English language, a theme cross-cutting through spouses’ experiences. Experiences with English, the focus of this article, are both a discrete element of spouses’ lived experiences and a useful way to understand challenges and opportunities not directly related to language. Utilizing qualitative case study techniques, we found that English language is experienced through anxieties as well as ambitions by the participants in our study. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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