A thread here (via @meaningness thx) on Chinese students in American universities.
I studied China in comparative perspective, for an MSc at London School of Economics. Naturally, a substantial proportion of the year group, about 1/2 iirc, were Chinese students. 1/x https://twitter.com/Scholars_Stage/status/974677178674593793 …
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There were some clear differences between the learning styles and contributions of Chinese students and the rest of group (mostly European, a handful of Americans). Mostly, the Chinese students did not contribute to the seminars. By that, I mean they did not speak. 2/x
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This is not an exaggeration. They did not say anything, through the whole year. Even if spoken to directly, and asked a question there was often an embarrassed silence. At the time I assumed it was a combination of difficulties speaking English and learning culture in China 3/x
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which made taking initiative or expressing an opinion, a novelty for them. I thought because I had chosen to focus on studies in Chinese culture and economics, this was probably much of the reason - that maybe the particular course had a fixed quotient for Chinese students. 4/x
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It was frustrating because I wanted to talk with the Chinese students about their economic and learning experiences growing up in different provinces of China. I tried, but that turned out to be impossible: my Mandarin wasn’t good enough and neither was their English. 5/6
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This @Scholars_Stage thread has made me re-think my MSc experience, recognize it as symptomatic of a systemic problem. There was much that was excellent about LSE, and I would recommend it without hesitation. But this element was puzzling, and detractive, at the time. 6/6
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