International Students' Acculturation and Adaptation: The case of an indigenous group studying in Switzerland

Meza, Virginia E.; Gazzoli, Gabriel

doi:10.1080/10963758.2011.10697002

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“…However, previous assertions that academic culture shock is common for international learners (Spitzman 2016;Brown and Aktas 2011;Rienties, Johan, and Jindal-Snape 2014) proved accurate, and that coping strategies were therefore required (Shroeder 2016). This was clearly problematic for both the postgraduate and the receiving institution, as expected (Meza and Gazzoli 2011).…”

Section: Interpreting These Results; Ielts Beyond the Testmentioning

confidence: 84%

“…The difficulty of understanding unfamiliar conventions of format, referencing, style and academic lexis are particularly apparent for many, in addition to forming illogical or 'off-topic' constructions (Bailey 2015). Furthermore, the question surrounding international postgraduates can no longer be reduced to whether they will pass a course of study or not; challenges for both the receiving institutions and the students themselves abound (Meza and Gazzoli 2011). It is considerably more relevant to determine how their experience unfolds, which is an often underrepresented and more complex struggle than a successful degree award reveals (Banerjee 2003).…”

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Beyond the IELTS test: Chinese and Japanese postgraduate UK experiences

Clark

2020

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

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This case study explores the challenges that Master's students encounter when learning to write in academic English as part of a UK postgraduate course, after having achieved the required IELTS entry score. Interviews with six Chinese and Japanese learners at different stages of the Master's study revealed more sophisticated writing difficulties than they had previously experienced. Although students were largely managing their written work overall, there were recurring challenges with critical thinking, the transition to full academic compositions, using reading to inform academic writing, presenting evidence and conveying a clear written message over demonstrating lexical or grammatical range as required in IELTS writing. Furthermore, candidates on non-standard courses (e.g. film or finance) found their assignments to be quite unfamiliar; the use of one academic test for all disciplines may be disadvantageous to some. In summary, although IELTS had provided an important first step to help students develop basic writing skills, meeting university assessment expectations necessitated considerable further progress. The required support to achieve this may be somewhat underdeveloped in the existing model of international postgraduate study, for the participants in this paper. This research follows as part of a larger project, which focussed on IELTS test preparation in China and Japan (Clark 2018).

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Section: Interpreting These Results; Ielts Beyond the Testmentioning

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Beyond the IELTS test: Chinese and Japanese postgraduate UK experiences

Clark

2020

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

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“…Empirically, studies of the international students' psychological, social-cultural, life, or academic adaptations suggest that in academic studies, international students unavoidably encounter acculturative stress and difficulties in these dimensions [33,34], such as the assessment models, academic writing ability, teacher-student relationships that can influence students' academic adaptation [35][36][37]. In the mean time, use of social sources, satisfaction with the host university, and challenge-coping greatly account for the students' levels of psychological adaptation [38][39][40].…”

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Factors Affecting Chinese Short‐Term International Students’ Cross‐Cultural Adaptation in Psychology, Learning, and Life

Zhang

2022

Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society

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Although Chinese international students’ cross-cultural adaptation has achieved intense research, factors in developing Chinese SISs’ cross-cultural adaptation remain underresearched. This study examined the factors through a survey of Chinese SISs’ transitional adaptation in psychology, life, and learning. Mixed-method research was conducted: a survey of 155 SISs from a top Chinese university undertaking study across 16 countries and in-depth interviews with 15 SISs. Results indicate that knowledge of the host country and university, language proficiency, sense of participation, and engagement are the crucial factors in developing Chinese SISs’ cross-cultural adaptation. These factors reveal significant correlations with the students’ adaptive performances in psychology, life, and learning. However, the factor of duration indicates no significant correlation with students’ cross-cultural adaptation, which demonstrates an inconsistency with the previous studies. The findings of this study highlight the need for developing Chinese SISs’ sense of engagement, enhancing the language training, and building up the knowledge of the host cultures previous to the study abroad.

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“…Psychological adaptation is directly linked to stress among individuals. Researchers have stated that individuals while living in culturally varied environments experience various challenges and to overcome these challenges, they use various coping strategies which in turn leads to psychological adaptation among them (Meza & Gazzoli, 2011).…”

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Measurement of Cultural Intelligence and Its Impact on Psychological Adaptation of International Students in India

Rana

Bhasin

Mushtaq

2020

Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective

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In recent years, India has emerged as a host to several students from various countries. It tenders cheap and affordable education to the globe. Post liberalization, economic boost to the Indian economy was attained due to educational tourism also. The major facade here is the adaptation of the international students to the Indian environment. One of the major aspects which positively contributes towards cultural adaptation among these sojourners is cultural intelligence. Researchers argued that the concept of cultural intelligence is significant for international students who are short term visitors in a foreign country. It is important for them to develop cultural intelligence competency, that is, metacognitive, cognitive, motivational and behavioural cultural intelligence as these capabilities lead to their cultural adaptation. In this context, the present study has been conducted with an aim to understand the relationship between the different facets of cultural intelligence and psychological adaptation of international students. The present study has also analysed the level of cultural intelligence and psychological adaptation among international students to understand the components of these dimensions which are less developed among international students. Data has been analysed using various statistical techniques, that is, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), mean and structural equation modeling (SEM). Results of the study have depicted a lower level of cultural intelligence among international students in India. Authors have concluded that behavioural cultural intelligence has shown a direct and positive relationship on the psychological adaptability of international students. These results, therefore, have practical implications for educational institutes and policymakers as it will help in drafting a policy framework for Indian higher educational institutes (HEIs).

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International Students' Acculturation and Adaptation: The case of an indigenous group studying in Switzerland

Cited by 11 publications

References 38 publications

Beyond the IELTS test: Chinese and Japanese postgraduate UK experiences

Beyond the IELTS test: Chinese and Japanese postgraduate UK experiences

Factors Affecting Chinese Short‐Term International Students’ Cross‐Cultural Adaptation in Psychology, Learning, and Life

Measurement of Cultural Intelligence and Its Impact on Psychological Adaptation of International Students in India

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