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On the dissemination of the discourse of going: The case of Iranian for-profit study abroad institution's chronotopic representation of ideal life there

Jamshidi, S ; Sharif University of Technology | 2021

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2021.05.007
  3. Publisher: Elsevier Ltd , 2021
  4. Abstract:
  5. This research addresses the escalation of the ‘discourse of going’ among Iranian educated people in recent years through highlighting the influential role played by for-profit study abroad institutions. Utilizing a discourse-analytic approach, we engage the theoretical concept of chronotope, caliberation, and commodification to investigate the ways through which for-profit study abroad institutions represent the images of ‘life beyond’. The data were obtained in interview sessions with ten certified Iranian study-abroad institutions. The results of the data analysis revealed two main themes, namely, hypothetical utopia there and dystopia here as well as success here-and-now and there-and-then, by which for-profit study abroad institutions pique the interest of going among Iranian educated people. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
  6. Keywords:
  7. Calibration ; Chronotope ; Commodification ; Discourse of going ; Educational migration ; Neoliberalism ; Graduate schools abroad
  8. Source: Language and Communication ; Volume 80 , September , 2021 , Pages 11-24 ; 02715309 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0271530921000410?via%3Dihub