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Kheir, Zane – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2021
With the growth of higher education literature featuring emerging study destinations and new demographics of international students facilitated by government scholarships, scholars must address how students desire and imagine culture and diversity in study-abroad experiences and what impact these experiences have on cultural imaginaries and future…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, College Students, Student Attitudes, Aspiration
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Wiers-Jenssen, Jannecke – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2019
Between 2000 and 2015, Norway has experienced a large increase in the number of international students compared with many other countries. At first glance, this may seem paradoxical considering that Norway is a country with few well-known universities, a high cost of living, and a geographical location on the northern fringe of Europe. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Decision Making, Foreign Students
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Evans, Stephen; Morrison, Bruce – English for Specific Purposes, 2011
This article examines the language-related challenges that first-year students face when adjusting to the demands of English-medium higher education in Hong Kong. The article is based on the findings of a longitudinal study which tracked the university careers of 28 students from a range of backgrounds via in-depth, semi-structured interviews…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Higher Education, Intervals, Learning Strategies
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Mori, Reiko – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2004
Based on qualitative data (class observations, interviews, a letter from the researcher to the teacher about her classroom practice, videotapes, and documents), this paper reconsiders the staying-in-English rule, a popular classroom rule that requires learners to stay in English. It presents an ESL classroom example in which circumstances and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Usage, Student Motivation, Language of Instruction
Benson, Carolyn J. – 1997
The PEBIMO project was designed to determine whether bilingual education could improve the quality of primary education in Mozambique, recognizing that Portuguese is not the native language of the majority of Mozambican students. The project began in 1992 with 8 cohorts of first grade in 2 provinces; during this investigation, students were in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction