Meet the editor

Dr. Xiaoming Jiang is a professor at the Institute of Linguistics, Shanghai International Studies University, China. He obtained a BS in Psychology from East China Normal University and a Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience from Peking University. He served as a research fellow at the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and as a senior speech scientist in nuance communi-

cation. His research utilizes experimental methodologies to uncover social and interpersonal aspects of human communicative processes in both monolingual and multilingual contexts. While serving as guest editor for *Frontiers in Psychology* and *Frontiers in Communication*, he published nearly forty peer-reviewed articles as lead author in high-impact journals such as *NeuroImage*, *Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance*, and *Speech Communication*.

Contents

**Section 1**

in Communication *by Irina-Ana Drobot*

in One Country *by Paschal Kum Awah*

**Section 2**

*by Tesso Berisso Genemo*

*by Meihua Liu and Lianqi Dong*

*by Pouria Mahzoun*

**Preface XI**

Multilingualism: Culture and Identity **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 21**

**Chapter 3 39**

Multilingualism: Learning and Communicative Competence **55**

**Chapter 4 57**

**Chapter 5 77**

**Chapter 6 85**

The Interaction of Expectancy-Value Beliefs and Anxiety in Learning Academic Oral English in Bilingual Chinese Postgraduate Students

The Effect of Bilingualism and Multilingualism on Academic Behavior

The Role of Multilingual Script Systems in Face Processing

*by Qi Yang, Xiaohua Cao and Xiaoming Jiang*

Multilingualism and Awareness of Cultural Differences

Multilingualism and Language Choice in Domains

Multilingualism in Cameroon: An Expression of Many Countries
