Assumptions, prejudices, and being:Exploring students’ uses of their linguistic resources

This study sought to better understand: students’ choices regarding their linguistic resources; and the language practices arising from their choices. The study involved multilingual interviews with seven Chinese international students undertaking Education-related postgraduate study in the UK. Data analysis indicates that the students make purposeful choices regarding their linguistic resources for their UK-based studies as part of their broader agenda of being and becoming. However, their purposefulness is shaped by their assumptions and prejudices in the linguistic ecology of an English-foregrounded university. They seem to see ‘all in English’ as an ideal, while attaching little significance to plurilingual competence.<br/>本研究旨在深入了解：学生在语言资源选择上的决策以及这些选择所引发 的语言实践。研究对七名在英国攻读教育相关的研究生课程的中国留学生 进行了多语种访谈。数据分析表明，这些学生在选择用于英国学习的语言 资源时，具有明确的目的性，并将其作为他们更广泛的存在与发展目标中 的一部分。然而，他们的目的性受到了他们在以英语为主的大学语言生态 中的假设和偏见的影响。他们似乎将“全英文”视为理想，而对多语资源能 力的重要性关注较少。