Promoting Intercultural Contact on Campus: A Project to Connect and Engage International and Host Students

Autor/in	Campbell, Nittaya
Titel	Promoting Intercultural Contact on Campus: A Project to Connect and Engage International and Host Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Studies in International Education, 16 (2012) 3, S.205-227 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153
DOI	10.1177/1028315311403936
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; Intercultural Communication; Experiential Learning; Cultural Context; Student Attitudes; Student Adjustment; Interpersonal Relationship; Social Support Groups; Cultural Awareness; Foreign Countries; College Students; Social Integration; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Schülerverhalten; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Ausland; Collegestudent; Soziale Integration; Neuseeland
Abstract	International students' adjustment to living in an unfamiliar cultural environment and studying in a different educational system and language has been a topic of much research. Literature has shown that support from the host community could be the difference between a smooth transition and one fraught with problems and difficulties. This article describes a "buddy project" used in an intercultural communication class in which each student was a buddy for a newly arrived international student for a semester. The purpose of the project was to give social support to international students in the crucial first few months of their sojourn while at the same time complementing host students' class-based theoretical learning with practical, meaningful experience with peers from another culture. The article discusses the outcomes, challenges, and students' evaluations of the experiential learning exercise. Recommendations for future projects are outlined. (Contains 3 notes and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10