“I was worried if something bad happened”: How language graduates made decisions around migration in the anxious times of the Covid pandemic.
(2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ratz, S. (2023, December). “I was worried if something bad happened”: How language graduates made decisions around migration in the anxious times of the Covid pandemic. Paper presented at International Association for Languages and Intercultural Commu
Outputs (21)
“I’m going to speak only Spanish” - Imagining communicative competence during study abroad (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ratz, S. (2023, May). “I’m going to speak only Spanish” - Imagining communicative competence during study abroad. Paper presented at Imagining and Experiencing Hospitalities in a Mobile World, Edinburgh Napier University
Understanding International Students' Experiences with Assessments through Rich Pictures (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M., & Ratz, S. (2023, April). Understanding International Students' Experiences with Assessments through Rich Pictures. Presented at Sustaining Connections – The Participatory and Intercultural Potential of Digital Learning, Edinburgh Napier U
Negotiating interculturality in internationalising higher education: a multi-voiced exploration (2023)
Journal Article
Xu, F. H., Zhou, V. X., Penman, C., & Ratz, S. (2023). Negotiating interculturality in internationalising higher education: a multi-voiced exploration. Journal of Praxis in Higher Education, 5(1), 93-121. https://doi.org/10.47989/kpdc409In this article, we examined an oft-observed ‘interaction problem’ in the internationalising classroom by adding some reflections on universities’ internationalisation-interculturality praxis. Drawing on existing research and examples, we scrutinised... Read More about Negotiating interculturality in internationalising higher education: a multi-voiced exploration.
Longitudinal Research on Students - Transcultural Aspects and Ethical Questions (2022)
Book Chapter
Ratz, S. (2022). Longitudinal Research on Students - Transcultural Aspects and Ethical Questions. In M. Victoria (Ed.), Methodological Issues and Challenges in Researching Transculturally (113-130). Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Making our way through multilingualism – reflexivity and decision-making of language students (2022)
Thesis
Ratz, S. (2022). Making our way through multilingualism – reflexivity and decision-making of language students. (Thesis). London Metropolitan University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2928619This thesis investigates reflexivity and decision-making of language students by examining the interplay between what students care about (their multilingual ‘concerns’), and how they understand and act on their structural environments (through multi... Read More about Making our way through multilingualism – reflexivity and decision-making of language students.
Migration, mobility, and multilingualism – a critical realist approach to analysing narratives of undergraduate students (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ratz, S. (2022, March). Migration, mobility, and multilingualism – a critical realist approach to analysing narratives of undergraduate students. Paper presented at Tourism & Languages Seminar, Edinburgh Napier University
The effects of Brexit and the Coronavirus pandemic on a 'sore thumb' cohort of language students: informing pedagogy through a critical realist perspective (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ratz, S. (2021, November). The effects of Brexit and the Coronavirus pandemic on a 'sore thumb' cohort of language students: informing pedagogy through a critical realist perspective. Paper presented at IALIC 2021, Bogota, Columbia
Reflexivity and Multilingualism in a Changing World (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ratz, S. (2021, July). Reflexivity and Multilingualism in a Changing World. Paper presented at Negotiating a Changed World, London Metropolitan UniversityAim of the research: To analyse reflexivity and decision-making amongst undergraduate language students Research methods used: This research is based on narrative analysis – I have constructed ten narratives of my participants’ trajectories using d... Read More about Reflexivity and Multilingualism in a Changing World.
Combining narrative research with critical realism: How do language students make decisions? (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ratz, S. (2021, June). Combining narrative research with critical realism: How do language students make decisions?. Paper presented at Narrative methods in multilingual and educational research, Edinburgh Napier University