Ly Thi Tran

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors unpacked the meanings and implications of the mobility of international students in vocational education and argued that transnational mobility is regarded as a resourceful vehicle to help international students "become" the kind of person they want to be.

TL;DR: This paper explored the adaptation patterns of international Chinese and Vietnamese students in relation to academic writing practices in a higher education context, using a trans-discrete trans-modal audio-visual system.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine how international student agency is affecting and is affected by their experiences in transnational mobility, and they conceptualize the process as "agency in mobility" based on theoretical discussions and an empirical study that draws on interviews with 105 international students.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate students' agency as they write their first assignment for their Master's of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages course and the academics who teach them, arguing that the students demonstrate strategic agency, which allows them to better understand the academic requirements of their disciplines.

TL;DR: The authors explored issues of motivation and learners' identity in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing classroom in Vietnam from the perspectives of the learners and found that students are not only concerned with extrinsic motivations related to institutional needs, their linguistic need, and social needs in learning EFL writing, but also with their intrinsic motivations such as their interest, passion and inspiration, which are linked to their personal and cultural needs in writing.