Cultural and Linguistic Lived Experiences of Chinese Student Newcomers in an EAP Program at a Western Canadian University

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dc.contributor.advisorRoy, Sylvie
dc.contributor.authorLin, Chuanmei
dc.contributor.committeememberGuo, Yan
dc.contributor.committeememberTweedie, Gregory Maurice
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-25T23:24:04Z
dc.date.available2017-09-25T23:24:04Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.submitted2017en
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the cultural and linguistic lived experiences of Chinese international student newcomers in an EAP program at a western Canadian university and whether or not intercultural transformations occur in English learning. As Chinese English learners are immersed in the Canadian tertiary education settings, their normative assumptions about knowledge will be challenged. However, through the ongoing process of trial and error, they have experienced a cultural and linguistic integration which accelerates their adaptation to the host country. This study employs qualitative case studies as the selected methodology to document my participants’ identities, investment, and imagined communities which are embedded in their personal trajectories. There are eight themes that emerge from the data collected from the semi-structured one-on-one interviews with ten participants. Gender disparity is also visible in the study’s findings; shaping how learners transformed their identities within the larger society. This study aims to offer an epistemic lens and methodological contribution for western universities and instructors to increase the efficiency of the support offered to the Chinese student body who share the same aspiration to flourish in their future endeavors in a multicultural society, such as the one that exists in Canada.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLin, C. (2017). Cultural and Linguistic Lived Experiences of Chinese Student Newcomers in an EAP Program at a Western Canadian University (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25500en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25500
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/4133
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEducation--Bilingual and Multicultural
dc.subject.otherCultural
dc.subject.otherLinguistic
dc.subject.otherChinese
dc.subject.otherEAP
dc.titleCultural and Linguistic Lived Experiences of Chinese Student Newcomers in an EAP Program at a Western Canadian University
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Research
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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