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Academic Expression and Emotional Suppression of an Indonesian Student in China: Stress in Translation
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An Indonesian master's student studying civil engineering in China has emotional and linguistic hurdles. This study focuses on how academic expression and translation stress affects study abroad. The autoethnographic narrative inquiry study collects data from academic presentations, group projects, supervisor interactions, and classroom experiences. These personal stories demonstrate how emotions, language, culture, and academics create identity and self-perception. Academic expression is often challenging due to the need to articulate complicated concepts in English and the incapacity to communicate them in Mandarin for everyday encounters. Emotional suppression helps negotiate hierarchical academic relationships, but it increases stress and loneliness. The study shows how language, emotion, and identity are linked: modest communication successes boost confidence and belonging, while linguistic failures shame and anxiety. Imaginary communities, translanguaging, and peer support provide short-term relief but show the limits of emotional health.
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