Asian Students' Classroom Communication Patterns in U.S. Universities: An Emic Perspective

by Jun Liu

The past decade has witnessed a steady increase in the numbers of Asian students in North American institutions of higher learning. While their academic success has been widely recognized, concerns about their silence in classrooms have also been expressed by educators. Following an overview of Asian students in North American higher education, this book presents a focused ethnographic study of twenty Asian graduate students enrolled in a major...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567506208
• ISBN13: 9781567506204
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"