Teaching English to Chinese Students
Voices from UK Higher Education
Monographs
XVI,
196 Pages
Series:
Contemporary Studies in Descriptive Linguistics, Volume 57
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Summary
This book shares a narrative inquiry study that explores the voices of Chinese students and unveils how they understand their study of English for Academic Purposes (EAP), as part of their higher education (HE) journey in the UK. The book foregrounds the neo-liberalisation of the university and considers visiting Chinese students in this commodified education space. While challenging common misperceptions of Chinese students that result in the negative labelling and homogenisation of this international student cohort, it links the discussion to aspects of Orientalism applied to East Asian students, reportedly still evident in Western universities today.
For contextualisation purposes and the encouragement of a meaningful understanding of contemporary Chinese students, the book includes an exploration of Chinese Education Reforms. The core argument sees a need for an increasing understanding of contemporary Chinese students in the UK HE academic community in relation to social, historical and cultural considerations, in order to enhance their Western education experience.
For contextualisation purposes and the encouragement of a meaningful understanding of contemporary Chinese students, the book includes an exploration of Chinese Education Reforms. The core argument sees a need for an increasing understanding of contemporary Chinese students in the UK HE academic community in relation to social, historical and cultural considerations, in order to enhance their Western education experience.
Details
- Pages
- XVI, 196
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9781803748061
- ISBN (ePUB)
- 9781803748078
- DOI
- 10.3726/b22411
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2025 (May)
- Keywords
- English language English for Academic Purposes Internationalisation Chinese Students Chinese Education Reforms China Narrative Inquiry Thematic Analysis Stereotyping Orientalism New Public Management Knowledge Economy Educators Liberal Education
- Published
- Oxford, Berlin, Bruxelles, Chennai, Lausanne, New York, 2025. xvi, 196 pp., 1 fig. col., 6 tables.
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