International Student Spouses and the English Language: Co-Creating a Low-Stakes Language Learning Community

Autor/inn/en	Grimm, Adam Thomas; Kanhai, Dana; Landgraf, Jessica
Titel	International Student Spouses and the English Language: Co-Creating a Low-Stakes Language Learning Community
Quelle	In: Journal of International Students, 9 (2019) 4, S.1172-1190 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2162-3104
Schlagwörter	International Education; Higher Education; Foreign Students; Spouses; Church Related Colleges; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Barriers; Adjustment (to Environment); Anxiety; Case Studies; Second Language Instruction; Campuses; Social Adjustment; Social Support Groups; Participant Characteristics; Learning Motivation; Psychological Patterns; Learning Experience + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Internationale Erziehung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ehepartner; Kirchliche Hochschule; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Angst; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Soziale Anpassung; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Lernerfahrung
Abstract	In the context of the internationalization of U.S. higher education, millions of international students have come to study at U.S. institutions. Some students, particularly those pursuing advanced degree, bring their spouses. As part of a larger study, we set out to examine the experiences of international student spouses at a Midwestern university. This article examines the experiences from the perspective of grappling with the English language, a theme cross-cutting through spouses' experiences. Experiences with English, the focus of this article, are both a discrete element of spouses' lived experiences and a useful way to understand challenges and opportunities not directly related to language. Utilizing qualitative case study techniques, we found that English language is experienced through anxieties as well as ambitions by the participants in our study. Moreover, the site of our analysis, a non-profit faith-based organization, fostered a low stakes language learning community where international individuals interact with each other within a casual setting in a pursuit to better their language abilities, mitigating language anxiety. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01