Transcultural Interaction and Linguistic Diversity in Higher Education The Student Experience

Increasing numbers of university students are travelling the globe in search of experiences and qualifications that will ensure their future in many different workplaces. In a world of linguistic diversity, what challenges do they meet, and what barriers, visible and invisible, do they have to overcome? This book presents sociolinguistic research on students' experiences of studying abroad. It gives accounts of students' own expectations, their personal social and psychological developments in challenging international study contexts, the demands they face and the breakthroughs they make. Using a range of research methods, the studies illuminate the many linguistic and educational issues that can confront anyone choosing to study or work abroad. It provides a fascinating inside view of the ramifications of a globalized and linguistically diverse educational market from the point of view of those coming of age within it.

Anne Fabricius is Associate Professor of English Language at Roskilde University, Denmark. She is a founding member of the Cultural and Linguistic Practices in the International University (CALPIU) research network and centre. Her research interests within sociolinguistics include topics such as language practices and language ideologies, phonetic variation and change, and the English language in Danish Higher Education.
 
Bent Preisler is Emeritus Professor of English Sociolinguistics, Roskilde University, Denmark. He has investigated the use of English by international youth cultures, and his current research is within English as an international language. He was the initiator and first director of the CALPIU research network.

1. Introduction; Anne H. Fabricius and Bent Preisler
2. Culture Shock or Love at First Sight? Exploring the 'Honeymoon' Stage of the International Student Sojourn; Alina Schartner and Tony Young
3. Student Adjustment: Diversity and Uniformity of Experience; Peter Sercombe and Tony Young
4. English is Not Enough - Local and Global Languages in International Student Mobility: A Case Study of the Austrian University Context; Hermine Penz
5. Students' Representations of Multilingualism and Internationalisation at Two Bilingual Universities in Spain; Enric Llurdaa, Aintzane Doizb and Juan M. Sierrab
6. Linguistic Diversity among Students in Higher Education: A Resource in a Multilingual Language Strategy?; Anne Holmen
7. Simultaneous Parallel Code Use: Using English in University Studies in Iceland; Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir and Hafdís Ingvarsdóttir
8. Questioning Linguistic Imperialism: Language Use and Needs in a Puerto Rican Agriculture Program; Kevin S. Carroll, Rosita L. Rivera and Kimberly Santiago
9. The Self-Other Positioning of International Students in the Japanese University English Language Classroom; Damian J. Rivers
10. The Student Experience as Transculturation: Examples from One-to-One Tutorials; Joan Turner
11. Perception and Identity for Non-Native Speakers of English in an English-Medium University Environment; Jane Vinthera and Gordon Slethaugb
12. Living the Bilingual University: One Student's Translanguaging Practices in a Bilingual Science Classroom; Catherine M. Mazak and Claudia Herbas Donoso
13. 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
14. Language Policies in English Medium Programmes in Germany and Denmark and their Long Term Effects on Graduates' Bonds with the Host Country; Frauke Priegnitz