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Groves, Olivia; Verenikina, Irina; Chen, Honglin – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
Research on the international student experience in Australia has highlighted the challenges that international students face when obtaining tertiary qualifications in an Australian university [AEI. (2012). "Student voices: Enhancing the experience of international students in Australia." Canberra, Australia: Australian Education…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Foreign Students, Males, Arabs
Bradshaw, Julie – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2013
Melbourne's linguistic and cultural diversity has continually changed in response to global economic forces and shifting patterns of war and conflict. Immigrant and refugee communities have arrived with different skills, educational and professional profiles, and cultural and religious values. The ecological niches of three contrasting linguistic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Minorities, Cultural Pluralism, Immigrants
Al Hamdany, Hayder; Picard, Michelle – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2015
This paper explores the perceptions of Iraqi students of three different English Programs (a general English for academic purposes program, a pre-enrolment English program and the English component of a disciplinary bridging program) at an Australian University as reflected in their language learning narratives. It focuses specifically on the…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Tananuraksakul, Noparat – Journal of International Students, 2012
This paper looks into the effect of use of international English on non-native students' dignity in Australian academic and social contexts. The study was undertaken through in-depth interviews with 28 participants from 13 countries. The results partly revealed that there was neither speech convergence nor culture convergence between non-native…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Self Concept, Foreign Countries
Canagarajah, Suresh – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2013
Sociolinguists have recently employed the notion of spatiotemporal scales to explain the changing social status of linguistic codes across social and geopolitical domains. Scales enable us to address the portability of semiotic resources in migration with great insight. In addition, unlike romanticized orientations to globalization and…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Intercultural Communication, Global Approach, Sociolinguistics

Eades, Diana – Language & Communication, 1996
Discusses a court case in which cultural and linguistic differences obstructed the presentation of Aboriginal evidence. The article argues that a cross-cultural understanding of the assumptions and practices inherent in the interview process are essential prerequisites for any lawyer representing an Aboriginal client. (20 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Court Litigation, Cross Cultural Training