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Direct linkXi Wu; Paul Tarc – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Given the widened access to Chinese higher education, a large proportion of students studying at Chinese colleges come from rural lower-class families and encounter different challenges in English language learning. By using Bourdieu's social theoretical lenses, this case study explores how the interplay of capital, habitus and social fields…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Working Class, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Du, Xujia; Jackson, Jane – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
In many theorizations of L2 motivation, the discrepancy between actual and possible L2 selves has been closely associated with motivation generation, and L2 selves are considered as highly interactive with the context. This article centres on the interplay between L2 self-discrepancy, motivation, and context by following two Chinese university…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Self Concept
Guo, Xiaoyan; Chen, Gong; Sun, Ya – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
Informed by Foucault's (1988) notion of ethics and the four axes of ethical self-formation (Clark 2009. 'The Ethico-politics of Teacher Identity'. "Educational Philosophy and Theory" 41 (2): 185-200), this study explores how native-speaking English teachers (NETs) constructed their identities in relation to their lived experiences and…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Teacher Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Chen, Qi; Li, Ying; Xu, Yifang; Guo, Zihao – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
In view of the rapid growth of English-medium instruction (EMI) in higher education institutions (HEIs), we observe the need to account for the educational and linguistic consequences of HEIs' decision to 'Englishise' their curricula. Especially, EMI in Asian countries (e.g. China) are fuelled by state-level initiatives to internationalise the…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Universities
Li, Jia; Ai, Bin; Zhang, Jie – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2020
This case study investigates how a cohort of Myanmar ethnic minority students' language ideologies shape their Putonghua learning and educational trajectories at government schools and Chinese supplementary schools in the borderland next to China. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and from the participants' autobiographies…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Ethnic Groups, Minority Groups, Mandarin Chinese
Willoughby, Louisa – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2009
Despite Australia's strong tradition of research on language maintenance and shift, little is known about the ways in which migrant background students continue to use their heritage languages in Australian schools. This paper presents an in-depth case study of students' linguistic practices at a multiethnic Melbourne high school, where over 95%…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Immigrants, Multilingualism, Peer Relationship
