RUME 25
2023
Omaha, Nebraska
One Multilingual International Student’s Experience in Collegiate Mathematics Classrooms
Page: 288
Although the number of multilingual international students is increasing in undergraduate mathematics classrooms, there is little research about this population at the collegiate level. To better serve this growing population, it is important to understand their experiences using multiple languages in their mathematics learning. In this study, I constructed a narrative of one multilingual international student, Jia. I used narrative inquiry as a research method and collected data from synchronous- and email interviews and observations. The narrative demonstrates how Jia used her Chinese and English and how she dealt with her challenges. The study found that engaging in groupwork was particularly challenging for her as a multilingual student. I focus on not presenting her multilingualness as a deficit feature and discuss how to mitigate challenges multilingual students can face in their mathematics learning.