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I am now applying for a master degree at the University of Liverpool, I will do business
management or finance. After the master degree course, I would like to go home to start
another new life.
Vincent
Vincent is a 23 years old male Chinese student. He is in his 3 rd year of a BA Business and
English Language course. He came to the UK in September 2007, and he has been studying
here for almost two years. Prior to that, he studied in a university in China for two years. His
Chinese university has a ‗2+2‘ exchange undergraduate programme (2 years study in China
plus 2 years in the UK) with his current university. He is from a city in southern China. I got
to know Vincent via a Chinese students gathering in 2007. Later, he kindly agreed to
participate in the research when I invited him to be a research subject.
Vincent‘s graphs of his learning experiences between the ages of 6 and 22, and of his
learning experiences in the UK between Sept 2008 and Apr 2009 are shown in Figure 8.9 and
8.10 respectively.
Figure 8.9: Vincent‘s perception of his own learning experience between the ages of 6 and 22
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