International Students and "The Presentation of Self" across Cultures

Autor/in	Kamara, Abu
Titel	International Students and "The Presentation of Self" across Cultures
Quelle	In: Journal of International Students, 7 (2017) 2, S.291-310 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2162-3104
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; Self Concept; Comparative Analysis; Qualitative Research; Language Proficiency; Student Attitudes; Withdrawal (Psychology); Interpersonal Relationship; Cultural Differences; Student Adjustment; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Graduate Students; Undergraduate Students; Sociocultural Patterns; Social Support Groups; Expectation; Academic Achievement; Semi Structured Interviews; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstkonzept; Qualitative Forschung; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Schülerverhalten; Rückzugsverhalten; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Kultureller Unterschied; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Graduate Study; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Expectancy; Erwartung; Schulleistung; Kanada
Abstract	Findings from this qualitative research study suggest that some international students view social and academic interactions not simply as mediums for absorbing requisite sociocultural and academic norms, and discipline knowledge, but also as stages for expressing their varied identities. As a result, whenever students' ability to present their preferred identity is threatened, whether due to language competency issues or discrimination, some attempt to regain their equilibrium by withdrawing from social and academic interactions. However, the findings also suggest that, in some instances, students who find their ideas marooned in the space between silence and language rediscover the ability for expression in the language of space and time, and comparison and contrast. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01