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Article: The role of English as a lingua franca in social integration: The case of the international students of a university in Taiwan
Title | The role of English as a lingua franca in social integration: The case of the international students of a university in Taiwan |
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Issue Date | 2014 |
Publisher | The Centre for Applied English Studies, The University of Hong Kong. The Journal's web site is located at http://caes.hku.hk/ajal/index.php/ajal/index |
Citation | The Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2014, v. 1 n. 1, p. 36-49 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Globalization and the ease of mobility across nations in the last decade or so have brought some fundamental changes to the structural organization and operation of universities worldwide. To enhance global competitiveness, East Asian universities, in particular, have seen a growth in the intake of international students. A majority of the previous studies on students studying abroad were undertaken in the context of English-speaking countries such as the UK and USA; research investigating students coming from afar to study in countries which are predominantly Chinese-speaking appears to be lacking. Even scanter is the work related to how this group of students navigates through the social way-of-life at the university. This article explores the social integration of the international students of a bilingual university located in northern Taiwan. More specifically, the role English as a lingua franca plays in the integration will be examined based on the narrative accounts of 14 informants. The findings suggest that some institutional and individual obstacles need to be overcome before English can become more widely accepted as the common medium of communication. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/198669 |
ISSN | 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.186 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Lau, KK | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Lin, CY | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-07T08:47:07Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-07T08:47:07Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | The Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2014, v. 1 n. 1, p. 36-49 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2308-6262 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/198669 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Globalization and the ease of mobility across nations in the last decade or so have brought some fundamental changes to the structural organization and operation of universities worldwide. To enhance global competitiveness, East Asian universities, in particular, have seen a growth in the intake of international students. A majority of the previous studies on students studying abroad were undertaken in the context of English-speaking countries such as the UK and USA; research investigating students coming from afar to study in countries which are predominantly Chinese-speaking appears to be lacking. Even scanter is the work related to how this group of students navigates through the social way-of-life at the university. This article explores the social integration of the international students of a bilingual university located in northern Taiwan. More specifically, the role English as a lingua franca plays in the integration will be examined based on the narrative accounts of 14 informants. The findings suggest that some institutional and individual obstacles need to be overcome before English can become more widely accepted as the common medium of communication. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | The Centre for Applied English Studies, The University of Hong Kong. The Journal's web site is located at http://caes.hku.hk/ajal/index.php/ajal/index | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | The Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics | en_US |
dc.title | The role of English as a lingua franca in social integration: The case of the international students of a university in Taiwan | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Lau, KK: lauken@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Lau, KK=rp01419 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 229994 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 1 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 36 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 49 | en_US |
dc.publisher.place | Hong Kong | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 2308-6262 | - |