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

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Autor/Urheber	Qingchun Wang; Steffanie Leen; Karin Hannes
Institution	Journal of International Students
Titel	How Do South American International Students Experience Student Life in Flanders? A Photo Elicitation Project.
Quelle	In: 2162-3104; 2166-3750; doi:10.32674/jis.v8i2.102; Journal of International Students, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 742-768 (2018)(2018) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.32674/jis.v8i2.102
Schlagwörter	adjustment; challenges; internationalization; photo elicitation; South America; Special aspects of education
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.
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