The Role of Social Networks in Academic Discourse Socialization: Insights from Degree-Seeking Multilingual International Students in China

Autor/inn/en	Li, Wendong; Gong, Yang
Titel	The Role of Social Networks in Academic Discourse Socialization: Insights from Degree-Seeking Multilingual International Students in China
Quelle	In: Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 42 (2023) 5, S.707-738 (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Li, Wendong)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0167-8507
DOI	10.1515/multi-2022-0106
Schlagwörter	Social Networks; Socialization; Academic Language; Network Analysis; Foreign Students; Multilingualism; Ethnography; Student Attitudes; Classification; Role; Sociocultural Patterns; International Education; Program Administration; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Academic Standards; Foreign Countries; Educational Experience; Native Language; Chinese; English (Second Language); Student Characteristics; Graduate Students; Undergraduate Students; Thai; Turkic Languages; Urdu; Russian; Tagalog; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Academic; Language; Languages; Akademiker; Sprache; Wissenschaftssprache; Netzplantechnik; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Ethnografie; Schülerverhalten; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Rollen; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Internationale Erziehung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ausland; Bildungserfahrung; China; Chinesen; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Turkish; Türkisch; Russisch
Abstract	This study adopted a social network perspective to explore the academic discourse socialization experiences of eight degree-seeking multilingual international students at a university in eastern China. Based on a triangulation of ethnographic interviews, social network questionnaires, and supplementary sources (e.g., voluntarily submitted recordings, texts about academic exchanges), the study revealed five patterns of students' social networks, including heterogeneous-sparse network, heterogeneous-dense network, homogeneous-sparse network, homogeneous-dense network, and balanced network. This resulting network typology was utilized to interpret the role of social networks in individuals' socialization trajectories, which were observed to include "affecting capacities to negotiate academic norms, structuring channels to build and transform expertise," and "shaping space for multicompetence development." While different network connections demonstrated different roles, networks with similar characteristics could exert divergent impacts, highlighting the mediation of a range of individual and sociocultural dynamics. Based on the findings, the study contributes to critical multilingual studies by offering theoretical implications for socialization research on community and competence, and providing practical suggestions for research, education, and program administration in international education. (As Provided).
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