Academic Adaptation Among International Students from East Asian Countries: A Consensual Qualitative Research

Li, Jiaqi; Wang, Yanlin; Liu, Xun; Xu, Yusu; Cui, Tingting

doi:10.32674/jis.v8i1.160

Cited by 28 publications

(27 citation statements)

References 24 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Regarding oral communication, similar to previous research, difficulties with oral communication affected participants' sense of confidence and self-esteem and resulted in negative emotions and even stress (Kuo, 2011;Li et al, 2018;Mitchell et al, 2017). These negative emotions may lead to a decreased sense of social satisfaction and belonging, and overall student engagement (Horne et al, 2018).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 64%

“…Rosenthal, Russell, and Thomson (2008) found that, among 979 international students surveyed, 24% of Asian students reported having difficulties in written English and 22% in spoken English as well as a high level of stress. Li et al (2018) reported frequent references to challenges related to English proficiency, connections with locals, course readiness, and time management among 13 East Asian international students studying in the US. A study by Kuo (2011) explored language challenges faced by international graduate students in the United States.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Studying in the United States: Language Learning Challenges, Strategies and Support Services

Wolf

Phung

2019

jis

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A case study was conducted to explore the experiences of Chinese nurses when completing a graduate nursing degree taught in English (as a second language) in the United States over a one-year period. The study explored language, academic, and social challenges perceived by the students, strategies used to overcome challenges, and academic support services designed to help students succeed in their studies. Survey data were collected at three different points in time, and three interviews were conducted with each participant. The study identified participants’ difficulty with academic writing, mixed experiences with speaking, moderate to high levels of strategy use, and appreciation of the support services offered. The study offered implications for improvements in pedagogies and programming for international students.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 64%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Studying in the United States: Language Learning Challenges, Strategies and Support Services

Wolf

Phung

2019

jis

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Scholars such as Helfer and Drew (2019), however, refer to academic failure experiences of postgraduate students as "unhappy, discouraged or disappointed" (p. 512), stressed, exhausted and burn out (Cornér et al, 2017) or experiencing low satisfaction and engagement levels (Löfström & Pyhältö, 2014) due to an ineffective supervision process and other related issues pertaining to international postgraduate students. The most common challenge faced by international postgraduate students is limited English proficiency skills in writing, reading and speaking (Alsahafi & Shin, 2017;Li et al, 2018). Thus, international postgraduate students in Malaysia acknowledged that they might take up to three hours to read and understand one journal article because the vocabulary and terminologies used in some academic journals created complications for them in comprehending key arguments of the article (Kaur & Sidhu, 2009).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Academic Failure: Unspoken Experiences by International Postgraduate Students in a Malaysian University

Singh¹

2020

ije

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Malaysia aspires to become a regional and international hub of higher education through an international student mobility initiative. Existing scholarly work on international students is skewed towards understanding the general challenges faced by international students, but limited work has been conducted in exploring the impact of severe supervision challenges on international postgraduate students’ experiences in a Malaysian research university. Hence, this paper explores the evidence of academic failure experienced by international postgraduate students by drawing on semi-structured interviews with 33 international postgraduate students. Academic failure experiences were faced by international postgraduate students as a result of two major challenges: supervision issues, and faculty mismanagement. The experience of academic failure has impacted the students’ enthusiasm, motivation and inspiration in progressing in their research work and has also impacted them psychologically. The implications for developing significant and profound strategies to assist international postgraduate students in achieving positive educational outcomes are also discussed.

show abstract

“…International scholarship in China has been enhancing the political, diplomatic and economic ties between China and those countries as well as promoting the exchange of culture, education and personnel. With 33 provinces in China [10], the Ministry of Education in China lists few provinces that rank higher than others in terms of hosting international students in the country. Table 1 shows top 10 provinces with the highest number of international students.…”

Section: Background Of China's Inflow Of International Students Frommentioning

confidence: 99%

The Danger of Acculturation Process Phase to International Students’ Academic Achievement: A Case Study of Zhejiang Normal University

Fute

2020

AJESS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

With the rising number of international students in China, there has been a great need for assessment and evaluation of the acculturation processes as well as challenges in regard to their academic progresses. The cultural gap may not be big between China and other Asian countries. However, it really exists with Non-Asian ones. With the fact that culture determines comfort in one’s life, the following un-answered questions were worthy to be answered in this paper: How do international students acculturate in China? What are the social and academic impacts during the acculturation process? What are the academic effects of failing to acculturate, especially among international students in China? The data shows that, 34% of international students only connect with their own culture. Majority (51%) of those who acculturate successfully, take more than one year to do so. Among the behaviors which were described as bad ones, alcoholism is leading among others, which are adapted by international students in the process of trying to assimilate or acculturate. Positively, 48% of students admitted to have learned time management as part of acculturation process in China. Despite the acculturation process being challenging to some students, scholarship has been one of the factors for them to stay. Scholarship students, especially from economically disadvantaged families choose to stay and achieved their academic goals through scholarship. Notwithstanding, their academic performances among students who fail to acculturate have been relatively low. Several measures such as introduction of intensive orientation programs as well as guidance and counseling office may enable international students understand each other’s culture.

show abstract

Academic Adaptation Among International Students from East Asian Countries: A Consensual Qualitative Research

Cited by 28 publications

References 24 publications

Studying in the United States: Language Learning Challenges, Strategies and Support Services

Studying in the United States: Language Learning Challenges, Strategies and Support Services

Academic Failure: Unspoken Experiences by International Postgraduate Students in a Malaysian University

The Danger of Acculturation Process Phase to International Students’ Academic Achievement: A Case Study of Zhejiang Normal University

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About