The (In)significance of Race in Singapore’s Immigration Context: Accounts of Self-Differentiation by Academically Elite Students

Lu, Luke

doi:10.1080/15348458.2020.1832494

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“…With the increasing presence of international students in international universities worldwide, there exists an extensive body of research work on international students’ experiences, especially with respect to their sociocultural adaption and academic acculturation (e.g. Brown and Brown, 2013; Cushner and Karim, 2004; De Costa et al, 2016; Gu and Maley, 2008; Guo and Guo, 2017; Heng, 2019; Montgomery, 2010; Lu, 2020; Sercombe, 2011; Yang, 2016, 2017; Young, et al, 2012). With China being the country with the largest number of students undertaking their academic studies outside of China (Zhu and Gao, 2021), there is a growing body of research on Chinese international students’ experiences abroad (e.g.…”

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“…With China being the country with the largest number of students undertaking their academic studies outside of China (Zhu and Gao, 2021), there is a growing body of research on Chinese international students’ experiences abroad (e.g. De Costa et al, 2016; Gu and Maley, 2008; Heng, 2019; Lu, 2020; Yang, 2016, 2017). Research has suggested that the challenges faced by international students can be more varied and substantial than those encountered by domestic students (Cushner and Karim, 2004; Guo and Guo, 2017; Heng, 2019; Montgomery, 2010).…”

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Understanding the international student’s experiences in a multilingual university context from a sociolinguistic perspective

Sung

2022

Research in Comparative and International Education

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This paper takes a sociolinguistic perspective in understanding the international student’s experiences in a multilingual university context. Drawing on a narrative inquiry approach, the present qualitative case study investigates a Brazilian Chinese international student’s lived experiences of studying in a Hong Kong university, with particular attention to his identity construction in both in-class and out-of-class contexts and the role of language in shaping his dynamic identity construction. The findings suggest that the international student’s language (in)competence appears to be closely intertwined with his identity construction in situated contexts, intersecting with his inclusion/exclusion and empowerment/marginalisation. The findings also reveal that multiple language ideologies mediate the impact of the international student’s language (in)competence on his identity construction in various situated contexts. Taken together, the findings call attention to the complex and dynamic interaction between identity construction, language (in)competence and language ideology in advancing our understanding of the international student’s experiences in a multilingual university context.

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Understanding the international student’s experiences in a multilingual university context from a sociolinguistic perspective

Sung

2022

Research in Comparative and International Education

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“…Singapore consistently maintains a higher level of governance compared to Malaysia, leading to a notable alignment of policies between the two nations, particularly in the domain of foreign labor policies [6]. The review of foreign worker admission, illegal worker control, and labor protection policies in both countries highlights several commonalities.…”

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Variations in Foreign Labor Policies: A Comparative Analysis of Malaysia and Singapore

2024

SHS Web of Conf.

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This comparative study delves into the foreign labor policies of Malaysia and Singapore, two prominent host countries for foreign workers in Southeast Asia. Despite their historical, cultural, and developmental similarities, these nations exhibit variations in the efficiency of their foreign labor policies. Employing the Most Similar System Design (MSSD) approach, this research explores three key explanatory variables: economic factors related to industrial structures, differences in governance systems, and cultural backgrounds. The study finds that these factors significantly shape the formulation and effectiveness of foreign labor policies. The analysis reveals that Singapore outperforms Malaysia in leveraging foreign worker policies to drive economic transformation, enhance competitiveness, and manage the impact of foreign labor. Factors contributing to this discrepancy include the divergence in industrial structures, variations in governance systems, and the influence of cultural backgrounds. Singapore's unitary system, focus on high-skilled foreign workers, and non-racial political landscape contribute to its policy efficiency, while Malaysia's federal structure, lowerskilled labor demand, and communal politics impact its policy effectiveness.

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“…However, as the results for the question on the amount of interaction with PRC transnationals show, respondents have little to no contact with PRC peersmore than half spent only 10-30 percent of their time communicating with mainland Chinese peers, while the rest have little to no contact with them. Research on xenophobic views among Chinese Singaporeans suggests that this factor has hindered more frequent interactions (Liu 2014;Lu, 2020;Yang 2014;Yeoh and Lin 2013). Thus, it would seem that unless relations improve between the local-born Chinese and Chinese transnationals, yearnings for the ancestral motherland are unlikely to be fulfilled via this source.…”

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“…Language-Related Chinese Identities Before delving into a discussion of the results in this question category, some background on language-dependent identity shifts is appropriate. As early as the 1990s, Hvitfeldt and Poedjosoedarma's study on intergenerational language practice and identity in Singapore found that the required bilingual education had inadvertently produced shifts in language practice from official ethnic language to English and from Chinese dialects to Mandarin, which paralleled the identity changes across generations (cited in Mann and Pirbhai-Illich 2007). More specifically, this meant that the dialect-speaking grandparents in their study had a "dialect-group identity," while the Mandarin-speaking parents regarded themselves merely as Chinese and the English-speaking students perceived themselves first as Singaporeans.…”

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Language Ideologies, Chinese Identities and Imagined Futures

(陶琳琳)

2021

J. Chin. Overseas

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Since independence in 1965, the Singapore government has established a strongly mandated education policy with an English-first and official mother tongue Mandarin-second bilingualism. A majority of local-born Chinese have inclined toward a Western rather than Chinese identity, with some scholars regarding English as Singapore’s “new mother tongue.” Other research has found a more local identity built on Singlish, a localized form of English which adopts expressions from the ethnic mother tongues. However, a re-emergent China and new waves of mainland migrants over the past two decades seem to have strengthened Chinese language ideologies in the nation’s linguistic space. This article revisits the intriguing relationships between language and identity through a case study of Chineseness among young ethnic Chinese Singaporeans. Guided by a theory of identity and investment and founded on survey data, it investigates the Chinese language ideologies of university students and their agency in choosing for themselves a Chinese imagined identity and community. Our survey found that ethnic Chinese Singaporean university students still possess a strong affinity for Mandarin and a desire to develop this aspect of their identity, in the context of Singapore’s multiracial national identity. There exists a high propensity for imagined futures in Chineseness, with a majority of survey respondents who claimed English-speaking and bilingual identities also expressing the desire to become more bilingual and more Mandarin-speaking. This paper also deciphers the external and internal factors contributing to this development and suggests some areas of future research.

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The (In)significance of Race in Singapore’s Immigration Context: Accounts of Self-Differentiation by Academically Elite Students

Cited by 4 publications

References 15 publications

Understanding the international student’s experiences in a multilingual university context from a sociolinguistic perspective

Understanding the international student’s experiences in a multilingual university context from a sociolinguistic perspective

Variations in Foreign Labor Policies: A Comparative Analysis of Malaysia and Singapore

Language Ideologies, Chinese Identities and Imagined Futures

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