Languaging Myths and Realities

Qianqian Zhang-Wu is an Assistant Professor of English and Director of Multilingual Writing, Northeastern University, USA. Her research interests include multilingual writing and TESOL.

• AcknowledgementPrefacePart 1Chapter 1: Who, Why, and What about Chinese International StudentsChapter 2: Languaging across Borders: Linguistic Demands, Challenges and an Integrated FrameworkChapter 3: A Four-Month In-Depth Investigation: An Overview of Study DesignPart 2Chapter 4: Chinese International Students are Not Chinese International StudentsChapter 5: First Semester Languaging Journeys of Three Regular High StudentsChapter 6: First Semester Languaging Journeys of Two American High StudentsChapter 7: Revisiting Within-Group Variabilities among Chinese International StudentsPart 3Chapter 8: An Overview of Myths and RealitiesChapter 9: Myth 1: TOEFL Results Accurately Predict International Students’ Ability to Function Linguistically on College Entry Chapter 10: Myth 2: An English-Only Policy is Necessary in College Classrooms to Help International Students Improve Their Linguistic Functioning in EnglishChapter 11: Myth 3: First-Year Writing Guarantees International Students’ Successful Writing Performances in Content-Area CoursesChapter 12: Myth 4: English is Responsible for All the Challenges Facing Chinese International StudentsChapter 13: Myth 5: Chinese International Students are Well Supported in American Higher Education Linguistically and AcademicallyChapter 14: Revisiting Myths and RealitiesAppendix AAppendix BReferences

Employing various ethnographic methods as well as conducting high-quality discourse analysis, Zhang-Wu offers important and indispensable ways to really engage and teach Chinese students from their own perspectives. For those of us interested in diverse languaging practices, educational equity for international students and progressive pedagogies for English language users from various linguistic backgrounds, this book is very necessary.