Challenges for International Students in Malaysia: Culture, Climate and Care

Mahmud, Zuria; Amat, Salleh; Rahman, Saemah; Ishak, Noriah Mohd

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.10.040

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“…As a result of these developments and plans, international students in Malaysia were 69 164 and reached 80 750 in 2009. It is expected that international students in Malaysian institutions of higher education will reach 200,000 in 2020 (Mahmud, Amat, Rahman, & Ishak, 2010;Yusoff & Chelliah, 2010).…”

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Oral Academic Discourse Socialisation: Challenges Faced by International Undergraduate Students in a Malaysian Public University

Mahfoodh¹

2014

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This paper reports a qualitative study which examines the challenges faced by six international undergraduate students in their socialisation of oral academic discourse in a Malaysian public university. Data were collected employing interviews. Students' presentations were also collected. Semi-structured interviews were transcribed verbatim and qualitative content analysis was employed to examine the challenges faced by international undergraduate students in their socialisation of oral academic discourse. The results reveal that the major difficulties international undergraduate students face in their oral academic discourse socialisation are related to linguistic knowledge, presentation skills and content-related difficulties. Linguistic difficulties constrain students to express complex concepts and ideas while engaged in oral presentations. Difficulties related to presentation skills are associated with how to prepare PowerPoint slides and how to organise the content of the presentations. This study also reveals that content difficulties may be related to the specific topics the students are asked to prepare presentations on. In this study I argue that understanding the challenges faced by undergraduate international students in their oral academic discourse socialisation can be one of the essential steps to help them overcome the challenges they face.

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Oral Academic Discourse Socialisation: Challenges Faced by International Undergraduate Students in a Malaysian Public University

Mahfoodh¹

2014

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“…This resulted in an integrated bibliographic database; and an integrated systems with each university's libraries by 1999 which means now all Malaysian university libraries provide EIRs facilities to all students (Dollah & Singh, 2012). By 1996, Malaysian universities were attracting international students from South Asia, West Asia or Middle East, Africa, and the Eastern European Block (Mustafa & Ilias 2013;Mahmud, Amat, Rahman, & Noriah, 2010). This is in stark contrast to Afghanistan, in which Suroush (2015) confirmed "as there is no internet, the Kabul Public Library does not provide any online library service.…”

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Attitude Toward Electronic Information Resources Usage Among Afghan Students In Malaysia

Khawari¹,

Hamzah²

2019

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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“…A few of these studies have highlighted that English language is a problem for ISs. The participants in a study by Zuria et al (2010), for instance, have highlighted that Malaysians do not speak English, Malaysians speak English with Malay accent, and lack of English usage on signage and documents. Thus, it is worthwhile to look into ISs English language learning experiences in Malaysia.…”

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A Conceptual Framework to Explore the English Language Learning Experiences of International Students in Malaysia

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IJAEDU- International E-Journal of Advances in Education

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This conceptual paper addresses the information lacuna in the amalgamation between the areas of language learning strategies and international students in Malaysia. Malaysia is considered a hybrid or mixed setting environment where English as a Second Language (ESL) meets English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Thus in dissecting the big areas of language learning strategies and international students in relation to Malaysia, it gives rise to four notions -hybrid environment, agency, out-of-class language learning strategies and acculturation strategies. Underpinned by tenets derived from four flagship theories/model -Experiential Learning Theory by Kolb, Sociocultural Theory by Vygotsky, Social Cognitive Theory by Bandura, and Second Language Acquisition Model by Ellis -a framework is conceptualised. The conceptual framework elucidates the interplay of the four notions and their connections which will inform the main purpose of the study that is to explore the English language learning experiences of the international students in Malaysia.

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Challenges for International Students in Malaysia: Culture, Climate and Care

Cited by 52 publications

References 5 publications

Oral Academic Discourse Socialisation: Challenges Faced by International Undergraduate Students in a Malaysian Public University

Oral Academic Discourse Socialisation: Challenges Faced by International Undergraduate Students in a Malaysian Public University

Attitude Toward Electronic Information Resources Usage Among Afghan Students In Malaysia

A Conceptual Framework to Explore the English Language Learning Experiences of International Students in Malaysia

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