Transcultural Interaction and Linguistic Diversity in Higher Education: The Student Experience

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-11
Culture Shock or Love at First Sight? Exploring the ‘Honeymoon’ Stage of the International Student Sojourn....Pages 12-33
Student Adjustment: Diversity and Uniformity of Experience....Pages 34-55
English Is Not Enough — Local and Global Languages in International Student Mobility: A Case Study of the Austrian University Context....Pages 56-91
Students’ Representations of Multilingualism and Internationalization at Two Bilingual Universities in Spain....Pages 92-115
Linguistic Diversity among Students in Higher Education: A Resource in a Multilingual Language Strategy?....Pages 116-141
Simultaneous Parallel Code Use: Using English in University Studies in Iceland....Pages 142-163
Questioning Linguistic Imperialism: Language Use and Needs in a Puerto Rican Agriculture Program....Pages 164-187
The Self-Other Positioning of International Students in the Japanese University English Language Classroom....Pages 188-214
The Student Experience as Transculturation: Examples from One-to-One Tutorials....Pages 215-233
Perception and Identity for Non-Native Speakers of English in an English-Medium University Environment....Pages 234-254
Living the Bilingual University: One Student’s Translanguaging Practices in a Bilingual Science Classroom....Pages 255-277
Why Does Meredith Wish to Sound Like the Queen? An Investigation into Identity Issues surrounding Spoken English Usage of Chinese ELF Speakers in London....Pages 278-299
Language Policies in English-Medium Programmes in Germany and Denmark and their Long-Term Effects on Graduates’ Bonds with the Host Country....Pages 300-325
Back Matter....Pages 326-331