Understanding undergraduates of Chinese heritage in the UK: Motivations and challenges

Wang, Jiayi orcid iconORCID: 0000-0003-2720-8218 (2017) Understanding undergraduates of Chinese heritage in the UK: Motivations and challenges. In: Educating Chinese-heritage students in the global-local nexus. Routledge, New York. ISBN 9781138227859

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Abstract

A growing number of British universities are offering degree programs in the Chinese language. While students of ethnic Chinese background have endured as a steady source of students studying for a degree in Chinese at British universities, they remain an uncharted terrain of research. The aim of this study is to fill this research gap. With a goal of helping to more effectively tap the potential of heritage learners to meet the urgent language need, this study draws on an analysis of open-ended questionnaire responses and follow-up interviews to explore both the motivations behind the choice of heritage learners to pursue a degree in Chinese and the specific challenges that they face during their studies.


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