Intercultural Experience and Identity: Narratives of Chinese Doctoral Students in the UK

ISBN-13: 9783319913728 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 281 str.

Lily Lei Ye

Opis

As the largest group of international students in the English-speaking world, Mainland Chinese students encounter a range of difficulties and prospects that may be relevant to the wider international student community.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Setting the scene for narratives to follow.- Chapter 2. The story of researching Chinese international doctoral students.- Chapter 3. Engaging with the existing stories.- Chapter 4. Exploring the self through Giddens and Bourdieu.- Chapter 5. A Dialogue with the past: thinking through life-style choices.- Chapter 6. Surviving and thriving in a foreign land: keeping the narrative going.- Chapter 7. Growing and becoming: the expanded self.- Chapter 8. Bringing the future into the present: thinking through imagined future trajectories

O autorze

Lily Lei Ye is Associate Professor in the School of Language and Culture at the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, China. Her research interests include culture studies, the sociology of education, comparative and international education, applied linguistics, intercultural communication and the sociology of fashion.