First Year Transition through a Cultural Lens: Face Strategies of Vietnamese Students

Autor/inn/en	Nguyen, Linda; Chester, Andrea; Herbert, Anne; Lugg, Alison
Titel	First Year Transition through a Cultural Lens: Face Strategies of Vietnamese Students
Quelle	In: Student Success, 11 (2020) 2, S.82-90 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Nguyen, Linda) ORCID (Chester, Andrea) ORCID (Herbert, Anne) ORCID (Lugg, Alison)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2205-0795
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; College Freshmen; Vietnamese People; Student Adjustment; Business Administration Education; Multicampus Colleges; Language of Instruction; English (Second Language); Cultural Context; Confucianism; Collectivism; Individualism; Behavior Standards; Social Behavior; Defense Mechanisms; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienanfänger; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Konfuzianismus; Individualismus; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Abwehrverhalten; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	While Vietnamese students continue to enrol in international branch university campuses in Vietnam, little is known about the Vietnamese first year transition into these institutions, especially from a cultural perspective. This article presents the findings of four case studies that explored the face strategies used by Vietnamese undergraduate business students in transition to an international branch campus based in Vietnam. The use of collectivist and individualist face strategies was examined in three phases: at commencement, mid-way and at the end of the first year of studies. The findings suggest that collectivist face strategies might not be employed as often as expected by Vietnamese first year students in this context even though they transition from a Confucian heritage culture. Understanding face strategies can help anticipate challenges of Vietnamese students studying in English-medium environments and inform culturally sensitive practices in teaching and learning. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01