University English for Academic Purposes in China A Phenomenological
This book uses an in-depth, phenomenological interview approach to explain the generational characteristics of today’s Chinese university youths and the critical dispositions they believe indispensable in acquiring English as an academic language in and o
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University English for Academic Purposes in China A Phenomenological Interview Study
University English for Academic Purposes in China
Xiaofei Rao
University English for Academic Purposes in China A Phenomenological Interview Study
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Xiaofei Rao School of Foreign Languages East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
ISBN 978-981-13-0646-4 ISBN 978-981-13-0647-1 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0647-1
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To my Chinese university students and teaching colleagues from China and the U.S., since 2004
Foreword I
Dr. Xiaofei Rao was raised in a family of educators. In school, she was immersed in a master narrative of learning for success within the Confucian-rooted collectivist culture. The public schools Xiaofei attended were locations that stressed for the most part fact-based knowledge. She learned the importance of hard work and competition to secure future employment and a comfortable future. Xiaofei was always an exceptional learner, eager to learn and improve with a driven work ethic. Finishing her master’s degree in 2004, Fei quickly landed in a position teaching English within a higher education teacher program. As an English university teacher in Shanghai, she witnessed
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