International Students' Cultural and Social Experiences in a British University: "Such a Hard Life [It] Is Here"

Autor/inn/en	Newsome, Linda K.; Cooper, Paul
Titel	International Students' Cultural and Social Experiences in a British University: "Such a Hard Life [It] Is Here"
Quelle	In: Journal of International Students, 6 (2016) 1, S.195-215 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2162-3104
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; Study Abroad; College Students; Student Attitudes; Educational Experience; Cultural Differences; Semi Structured Interviews; Self Concept; Case Studies; Graduate Students; Asians; Expectation; Culture Conflict; Student Adjustment; Foreign Countries; Barriers; Sampling; Interpersonal Relationship; Qualitative Research; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Bildungserfahrung; Kultureller Unterschied; Selbstkonzept; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Expectancy; Erwartung; Kulturkonflikt; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Adaptation; Ausland; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Qualitative Forschung; Großbritannien
Abstract	The authors in this qualitative study examined international students' cultural and social experiences using data collected through case studies and semi-structured, in-depth, informant style interviews. Participants were all international students (n = 18), mostly postgraduate from Asian and Far Eastern countries studying at a British higher education institution. The students' personal journeys are traced through a three-stage process that moves from (1) high initial expectations, through (2) culture shock, to (3) various eventual patterns of accommodation. In addition to capturing the sometimes raw personal experiences of individuals, the study also delineates the ways in which geopolitical and social-emotional factors coalesce to shape students' personal experience and self-concepts. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01