Bond, B (2019) International students: language, culture and the ‘performance of identity’. Teaching in Higher Education, 24 (5). pp. 649-665. ISSN 1356-2517
Abstract
This paper examines the multiple, intersecting identities expressed by international taught-post graduate students who are studying in a culture and language that is not their own. The study presented includes the collection of data around and beyond a planned pedagogical intervention on a pre-sessional EAP programme. The data were thematically analysed. Conflicting and intersecting identities emerged around themes of: performative, representational and core identities; international, national and individual identity; troublesome and transformative knowledge; power, agency and choice. These interwove with key underlying pre-occupations: language development; disciplinary knowledge and societal structures. By focussing on identity studies alongside the language and culture of academic contexts, international students developed an understanding of, and reflexivity around, their position within UK HE contexts. I argue this focus eased transition into a new study environment and allowed students to both better access the taught and hidden curriculum, and to understand their resistance to it.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | English for Academic Purposes (EAP), student identity, transition, academic cultures, threshold concepts |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > Language Centre (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Oct 2019 14:41 |
Last Modified: | 29 Jun 2020 13:36 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13562517.2019.1593129 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:151927 |