Space, scale and languages: Identity construction of cross-boundary students in a multilingual university in Hong Kong

Space, scale and languages: Identity construction of cross-boundary students in a multilingual university in Hong Kong

• Gu, Michelle Mingyue English Dept., Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Tong, Ho Kin Chinese Dept., Hong Kong Institute of Education

Language and Education, 26(6), 501-515, 2012

Routledge

2012

• N 學生與學生服務
  • NN 外地來港之留學生
• Q 教育體系與各級學校
  • QE 專上教育
• B 人的行為
  • BC 羣體活動過程

Language Usage Hong Kong Multicultural Education Higher Education Chinese Languages Language Attitudes Intercultural Communication Putonghua English (Second Language) Peer Relationship Student Attitudes Identity Multilingualism

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• 專上教育

Drawing on the notions of scale and space, this paper investigates identity construction among a group of mainland Chinese cross-boundary students by analysing their language choices and linguistic practices in a multilingual university in Hong Kong. The research illustrates how movement across spaces by these students produces varying index values for languages and influences their language usage, which becomes emblematic of individual and group identities. The research demonstrates that the values developed in their place of origin may have influences on their identity construction and peer communication in the host context. Finally, it shows that these students use their multiple linguistic repertoires to project multilayered identities and gain legitimacy in peer interactions.
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• 英文

期刊論文

• 09500782

• 10.1080/09500782.2012.663553

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/tc/bibs/70b9651f

2014-01-18