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Internationalising the University

The Chinese Context

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Tricia Coverdale-Jones

    1. University of Portsmouth, UK

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  2. Paul Rastall

    1. University of Portsmouth, UK

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Coonperation with Chinese Universities — Issues and Trends

    1. Cooperation with Chinese Universities — Issues and Trends

      • Paul Rastall
      Pages 1-10

  3. Institutional Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Conceptions of Internationalisation and Their Implications for Academic Engagement and Institutional Action: A Preliminary Case Study

      • Yvonne Turner, Sue Robson
      Pages 13-32

    3. Chinese Universities’ Motivations in Transnational Higher Education and Their Implications for Higher Education Marketisation

      • Lin Zheng
      Pages 33-56

    4. The Internationalisation of Higher Education in China: The Case of One University

      • Junju Wang
      Pages 57-71

    5. Global Connections — Local Impacts: Trends and Developments for Internationalism and Cross-Border Higher Education

      • Don Olcott Jr
      Pages 72-84

    6. Using Policy Initiatives to Support Both Learning Enhancement and Language Enhancement at a Hong Kong University

      • Carmel McNaught, Andy Curtis
      Pages 85-104

  5. Practical Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
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    2. Overcoming Linguistic and Cultural Barriers to Integration: An Investigation of Two Models

      • Siobhan Devlin, Nicola Peacock
      Pages 165-184

    3. Building on Experience: Meeting the Needs of Chinese Students in British Higher Education

      • Viv Edwards, An Ran
      Pages 185-205

    4. Chinese Learners and Interactive Learning

      • William Littlewood
      Pages 206-222

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 223-250
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About this book

The contributors to Internationalising the University: the Chinese Context offer an in-depth understanding of the rapidly changing developments in the fields of institutional, social, management, curriculum and student concerns and changes.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Portsmouth, UK

    Tricia Coverdale-Jones, Paul Rastall

About the editors

MARTIN CORTAZZI Visiting Professor in the CAL at Warwick University, UK ANDY CURTIS Director of the English Language Teaching Unit at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) SIOBHAN DEVLIN Principal Lecturer, and Learning, Teaching and Assessment Manager, School of Computing and Technology, University of Sunderland, UK VIV EDWARDS Professor of Language in Education, University of Reading, UK LIXIAN JIN Reader in Linguistics& Health Communication, De Montfort University, UK WILLIAM LITTLEWOOD taught languages at secondary schools in the UK before taking up a post in teacher education at the University College of Swansea, UK CARMEL MCNAUGHT Director and Professor of Learning Enhancement, Centre for Learning Enhancement and Research (CLEAR), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong DON OLCOTT, JR. Chief Executive of The Observatory of Borderless Higher Education (OBHE), UK AN RAN Dean of School of International Education, South China University of Technology, China SUE ROBSON Head of the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University, UK YVONNE TURNER Lecturer in Management at Newcastle University Business School, UK PAUL VINCENT SMITH Student Support Officer for the School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, UK JUNJU WANG Professor of Applied Linguistics and Deputy Dean of the School of Foreign Languages of Shandong University, P.R. China SHU YANG Dean of the School of Foreign Studies of China University of Mining and Technology, China LIN ZHENG Business Tutor in English as a second language in the School of Languages and Area Studies, University of Portsmouth, UK WANG ZHIRU Professor in English at Hubei University, China XIAOWEI ZHOU is at the School of Education, University of Manchester, UK.

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