Written by Haishan (Sam) Yang (University of Southern California) & Sanfeng Miao (Michigan State University) Crisis and Fragility of Belonging When COVID-19 hit, Jeffrey was barely halfway through his secondContinue reading “Care, Compliance, and the Cost of Belonging: What Institutional Crisis Responses Reveal About International Student Support”
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Exploring international students’ narratives on bilingualism and linguistic landscapes: A critical reflection
Written by Tomasz John (University of Strathclyde) Introduction: International students offer unique perspectives on bilingualism and identity. In my research, I explored the narratives of pre-service English teachers and howContinue reading “Exploring international students’ narratives on bilingualism and linguistic landscapes: A critical reflection”
Answer these riddles three: Unraveling the labour of bureaucracy and conditional status for international students
Written by Shannon Hutcheson (McGill University) The bureaucratic labour and conditionality of international student status To become an international student, there are many bureaucratic and administrative hurdles that must beContinue reading “Answer these riddles three: Unraveling the labour of bureaucracy and conditional status for international students”
Practices of ‘cultivation’: Semi-structured interviews with international students
Written by Yilan Guo (University of Manchester) This post reflects on my fieldwork practice following Cosmin Nada’s critical methodological consideration of research with international students. He proposed that international students’Continue reading “Practices of ‘cultivation’: Semi-structured interviews with international students”