Adventures into the Unknown: Exploring the Lived Experience of East Asian International Students as Foreign-Accented Speakers in Australian Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Park, Eunjae; Hodge, Steven; Klieve, Helen
Titel	Adventures into the Unknown: Exploring the Lived Experience of East Asian International Students as Foreign-Accented Speakers in Australian Higher Education
Quelle	In: Journal of International Students, 12 (2022) 2, S.403-421 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2162-3104
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; Second Language Learning; Stress Variables; Anxiety; Phenomenology; Educational Experience; Pronunciation; Communication Problems; Intelligibility; Student Attitudes; Student Empowerment; Self Esteem; College Students; Asians; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Angst; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Bildungserfahrung; Aussprache; Kommunikationsbarriere; Schülerverhalten; Studienberechtigung; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Collegestudent; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Australien
Abstract	Second language (L2) international students are frequently blamed for miscommunication and even stigmatized and marginalized due to the way they sound. However, little is known about how their accent contributes to the L2 lived experience at foreign universities. Taking a mixed methods phenomenological approach, survey (N = 306) and semi-structured interviews with participants from East Asian countries (N = 5), this study reveals that their personal journey as foreign-accented speakers can be traced through a four-stage process: (a) surprise, (b) anticlimax, (c) learning to survive, and (d) feeling empowered. The first two themes are a period wherein participants experience high levels of stress and anxiety because of having to fit into new learning environments. The last two themes refer to a stage where they developed the ability to survive with increasing self-confidence. Practical implications for improving the campus climate for all L2 students are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01