ERIC Number: EJ981380
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Nov
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-1028-3153
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International Student Security and English Language Proficiency
Sawir, Erlenawati; Marginson, Simon; Forbes-Mewett, Helen; Nyland, Chris; Ramia, Gaby
Journal of Studies in International Education, v16 n5 p434-454 Nov 2012
"International student security" refers to the international student's maintenance of a stable capacity for self-determining human agency. The article focuses on the role of English-language proficiency in the security of students from English as Foreign Language countries, drawing on evidence from a program of semistructured interviews with 200 international students. The interviews show that language proficiency is a pervasive factor in the human security of the international students in all domains inside and outside the classroom. There is a strong link between language proficiency and the capacity for active human agency. Both findings confirm prior research literature. The article concludes with implications for practice and for further research. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Foreign Students, Second Language Learning, Role, Security (Psychology), Semi Structured Interviews, Student Attitudes, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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