Navigating Kazakhstani postgraduate students' intercultural citizenship development and future vision in Türkiye: a qualitative inquiry.

This qualitative study examines Kazakhstani postgraduate students' motivations, intercultural experiences, and aspirations at a Turkish-medium university in Türkiye. Framed by Byram's (2008. From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship: Essays and Reflections. Multiling...

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Publicado en:Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 289 - 302
Autores principales: Hajar, Anas, Aypay, Ahmet, Özdemir, Murat
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr2026
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          Multilingual Education, Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
          Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
          Faculty of Education, Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Türkiye
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        Cross-cultural differences
        Racism in language
        Qualitative research
        Graduate students
        World citizenship
        Global studies
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          World citizenship
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        Central Asian students
        Intercultural citizenship
        linguistic racism
        qualitative inquiry
        south–south student mobility
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