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"The Older I Got, It Wasn't a Problem for Me Anymore": Language Brokering as a Managed Activity and a Narrated Experience among Young Vietnamese Immigrants in the Czech Republic
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Sherman, Tamah; Homolác, Jirí – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2017
Language brokering (LB) practices are a widespread phenomenon in transnational communities. This paper aims to add to the description and analysis of these practices within a community which has not been extensively studied--the Vietnamese in the Czech Republic, as well as show how LB is embedded in other sociolinguistic aspects of community life.…
Descriptors: Translation, Code Switching (Language), Immigrants, Vietnamese People
Students' Orientations to Communication across Linguistic Difference with International Teaching Assistants at an Internationalizing University in the United States
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Subtirelu, Nicholas Close – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2017
Institutions of higher education (HEIs) in English-speaking countries have been engaged in internationalization for decades. Among the many factors driving their internationalization are commitments to increasing and celebrating diversity as well as a desire to foster cross-cultural cooperation. Nonetheless, the linguistic diversity of their…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Foreign Students, Higher Education, Applied Linguistics