How Do South American International Students Experience Student Life in Flanders? A Photo Elicitation Project

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Qingchun; Leen, Steffanie; Hannes, Karin
Titel	How Do South American International Students Experience Student Life in Flanders? A Photo Elicitation Project
Quelle	In: Journal of International Students, 8 (2018) 2, S.742-768 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2162-3104
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; Latin Americans; Student Adjustment; Cultural Differences; Foreign Countries; College Students; Study Abroad; Social Adjustment; Emotional Adjustment; Acculturation; Coping; Interpersonal Communication; Pictorial Stimuli; Student Attitudes; Barriers; Semi Structured Interviews; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Latin America; People; Lateinamerika; Bevölkerung; Volk; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Kultureller Unterschied; Ausland; Collegestudent; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Soziale Anpassung; Emotionale Anpassung; Akkulturation; Bewältigung; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Fantasieanregung; Schülerverhalten; Belgien
Abstract	Millions of tertiary international students are studying abroad, and the number of exchange students continues to increase. We explored experiences of South American students studying in a non-Anglophone context. A photo elicitation methodology was applied to support data collection. Five participants were asked to visualize their challenges in their adjustment in pictures. We conducted individual interviews where images were used as prompts to narratives. Data were analyzed using a thematic analysis approach. Three main themes were identified: socio-cultural adjustment, academic adjustment, and psychological adjustment. Our data suggest that adjustment processes do not automatically lead to an adaptation outcome. Individual factors such as students' acculturation strategies and coping mechanisms, and situational variables like social interaction and cultural discomfort affect their adjustment. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01